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Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928

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Frank B. Kellogg- US secretary of state
Aristide Briand-French minister
agreement made war illegal

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Japan made one of the first

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challenges to the pact

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Osachi Hamaguchi 1930

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prime minister of Japan and was fatally shot

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in September 1931 Japan’s forces take

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control of Manchuria

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by 1939 Japan controls

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most of China

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Mussolini and overseas expansion

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believed expansion would ease some of Italy’s economic problems

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Ethiopia

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one of the few independent nations in Africa and the first target of Mussolini

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1935 Italian forces and in 1936 Mussolini

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invaded and defeated Ethiopia

adds Ethiopia to the empire

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2nd Spanish Republic

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new government of Spain in the early 30s

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new government splits Spain into two groups

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Nationalists vs. Loyalists

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Nationalists were also called

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Falangists

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the Falange was

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a fascist party led by General Francisco Franco

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Loyalists

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supported the Republic

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Germany and Italy sent

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military to help the Nationalists

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Rome-Berlin Axis

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a military alliance between Hitler and Mussolini

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International Brigade

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volunteers from France, Great Britain, and the US that helped the Republic

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by the spring of 1939 the Nationalists forces

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had defeated the Loyalists

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General Franco becomes

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Spain’s head of the state/dictator

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1933- Hitler announces

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that he would rearm the country

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1936 March-Hitler and violates

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marches his troops into the Rhineland

the Treaty of Versailles

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Axis Powers

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Hitler and Mussolini called themselves this; their new name

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Anti-Comminturn Pact

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Japan and Germany signed this; it is against communism; promising to stop the spread of communism

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Austrian Chancellor agrees

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to union with Germany

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Hitler takes

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Austria with a show of force

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Anschluss

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the union between Germany and Austria; meant “living space”?/expand

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Sudetenland was located

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on the western part of Czechoslovakia

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how many Germans were there living in the Sudetenland

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more than 3 million

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natural defense for Germany in the Sudetenland

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a chain of mountains

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appeasement

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the policy of giving in to the aggressor to keep the peace

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Munich Conference (September 29, 1938)

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was called by Hitler

Neville Chamberlain, the English Prime Minister, and Edouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, attended

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Hitler promised what at the Munich Conference?

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he promised no more territorial acquisitions

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March 1939 German troops invade

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Czechoslovakia

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Britain and France realize

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they cannot trust the dictators and cannot ignore them anymore
and prepare for war by rearming

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Stalin’s concerns about allying with Britain and France

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Stalin feared the Western powers would welcome the chance to turn Hitler loose on them because they hate communism

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Nazi-Soviet Pact (Aug. 1939)

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a non-aggression pact where both promise not to attack the other; Germany would take western Poland and the Soviet Union would take eastern Poland

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Danzig

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seaport city in Poland

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Polish corridor

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a strip of land that gave Germany access to the sear

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Sept. 1, 1939 Hitler

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attacks Poland and starts WWII

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September 3, 1939 Britain and France

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declare war on Germany

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blitzkrieg

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means lightning war; attack with great speed and force

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after a month of fight Poland

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surrendered to Hitler

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France move along the with their fortifications in

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Maginot Line

France

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Germany move along the fortifications in

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Siegfried Line

the Rhineland

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“phony war”

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about seven months between Poland’s surrender and the next battle; the armies weren’t fighting

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Soviets invade Sept. 1939 and Nov. 1939

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eastern Poland

Finland

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the low countries

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the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg

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Hitler invades and in April 1940 and Germany gains

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Denmark
Norway
an outlet to the sea

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France and Britain finally realize

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that Hitler was an immediate threat to their safety

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the new English Prime Minister May 10, 1940

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Winston Churchill

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allied troops attempt to escape from

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Dunkirk

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May 27- June 4

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about 338,000 soldiers were transported across the channel to England and safety

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Hitler’s failure to attack

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allowed the Allies to escape and was a costly mistake

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After Dunkirk, France was

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left to fight alone on the European continent

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June 14, 1940 the Germans

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enter Paris

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German troops occupy including

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northern France

Paris

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French leader willing to surrender to Germany

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Philippe Petain

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moves the French government to

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Vichy

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German controlled government of France

referred to as a

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Vichy France

puppet government

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led the Free French Movement

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General Charles de Gaulle

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Free French Movement

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a secret resistance movement to undermine the Nazi war effort/sabotage

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Luftwaffe

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German air force

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Royal Air Force (RAF)

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Britain’s air force/ saved Great Britain

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Neutrality Acts (1935 and 1937)

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U.S. could not 1. sell war equipment to warring nations 2. make loans to these nations 3. or sail on their ships/couldn’t sail in the war zones

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isolationists

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believed Europe’s wars should not concern the US

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Destroyer Deal

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we give 50 old destroyers to Great Britain

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Congress passes

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the first national draft

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Lend-Lease Act

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authorized the president to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit

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Atlantic Charter (August 1941)

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attended by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill

U.S. announces the democratic goals shared by Great Britain and the US

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the German airfare and was used to soften up Great Britain for invasion

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Luftwaffe

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said that Americans could not sell military equipment to warring nations, make loans to these nations, or sail on their ships

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Neutrality Acts

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a new kind of warfare that took place with great speed and force

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blitzkrieg

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the Frenchman who led the Free French government in its continued opposition to Germany

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Charles de Gaulle

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authorized the president to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit

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Lend-Lease Act

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replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister and was one of the few politicians to speak out against appeasement in the 1930s

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Winston Churchill

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the German air raids on Britain and the British efforts to counter these nightly raids

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Battle of Britain

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Spain under the rule of remained

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Franco

neutral

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Mussolini hoped to build

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a Mediterranean empire for Italy

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British liberated

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Ethiopia

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Erwin Rommel

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the commander of the German troops in N. Africa known as the “Desert Fox”

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El Alamein (October 1941)

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Axis forces forced to retreat and was a major turning point in this area

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June 22, 1941 Germany invades

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Russia

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“scorched earth”

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slowly retreating soldiers and civilians carried everything they could and burned the rest

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spring 1942 offensive to the south- Hitler wants to

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take the oil producing area and some farmland

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Stalingrad’s capture

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was made the main objective of the offensive

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Sept 1940 Japan allies with

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Germany and Italy

known as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

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Hideki Tojo

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Japanese premier and head of the government

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early 1941 the Japanese government realized

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that their most dangerous potential threat was the U.S.

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Dec. 7, 1941

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Japanese launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor with the goal of destroying the US Pacific fleet

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FDR quote about Pearl Harbor

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a day that will live in infamy

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Dec. 8, 1941 Congress

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declares war on Japan

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Hitler’s New Order

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wanted to make the European continent into a single political and economic system

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planned to gain “ “ in eastern Europe

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living space

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pure “ “ would colonize the area

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Aryan race

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land in Soviet Union would supply Germany with

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food and raw materials

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1941- Hitler ordered the destruction of

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Europe’s entire Jewish population

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program to eradicate entire Jewish population

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the Final Solution

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genocide

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the systematically erase an entire ethnic race

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military branch of the Nazi party

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SS

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leader of the Ss and headed the Final Solution

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Heinrich Himmler

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Wannsee Conference Jan. 1942

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Hitler set out a systematic plan for exterminating the Jews in concentration camps

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“Arbeit Macht Frei”

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work makes you free

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Holocaust

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the Nazi genocide where they killed 6 million Jews

means fire that consumes/ fire that burns completely

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Battle of Stalingrad

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lasted for six months

on Feb. 2, 1943 the German troops surrender and it becomes a major turning point in the war

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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leads the troops in North Africa

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Mid May 1943

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the Axis forces in North Africa were forced to surrender

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“soft underbelly of the axis”

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refers to southern Italy where the Axis Powers were the most vulnerable

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Coral Sea

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fought entirely in the air

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Midway

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Allied victory; Allies go on the offensive

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Guadalcanal

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first American invasion Japanese-held territory

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island

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take key islands and bypass others

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D Day/Normandy invasion (June 6, 1944)

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also called Operation Overlord

resulted in the liberation of France

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April 30, 1945 Hitler

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committed suicide

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May 8, 1945

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V-E Day

the day of victory in Europe

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Yalta Conference

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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decide how to divide Germany

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Potsdam Conference

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Truman, Churchill, and Stalin; unconditional surrender of Japan

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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two cities that were both bombed with atomic bombs

August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945

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September 2, 1945

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V-J Day

victory in Japan

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a long and bloody six month battle that proved to be a major turning point in the war

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Battle of Stalingrad

119
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belief that Japanese pilots-called kamikazes- would save the empire if they were willing to die for the emperor

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“Divine Wind”

120
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commander of the US troops who, with the British, forced Axis Powers in North Africa to surrender

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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