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Chapter 22 Flashcards

1
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Believed that Japan should take advantage of its position of strength and extend Japanese influence in the Pacific

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Emperor Hirohito

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The organizer of the Kuomintang or National Party, led to the revolt

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Sun Yat-sen

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Years of anarchy known as what who fought one another for political power

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Warlords

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Took control of the Kuomintang. Began a military campaign to reunite China under a national government

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Chiang Kai-shek

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5
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Led the Communist forces

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Mao Zedong

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The seizing of the Balkan nation

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April 1939

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A new German Empire called

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The Third Reich

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Lebensraum means

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“Living Space”

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9
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Germany’s march into Rhineland

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March 7, 1936

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Germany and Italy formed an alliance called

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Rome-Berlin Axis

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Germany and Japan signed this pact, which on the surface was an agreement generally directed against communism but in reality was aimed specifically at Russia

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Anti-Comintern Pact

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He revolted against Spain’s republican government

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Francisco Franco

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Prime-minister of Great Britain, met with Hitler several times to seek a solution to the Czech Crisis

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Neville Chamberlain

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Prime Minister of France

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Edouard Daladier

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15
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Buying off an aggressor by making concessions

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Appeasements

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16
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A member of the House of Commons, denounced appeasement

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Winston Churchill

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17
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Connect East Prussia with the rest of Germany

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Polish Corridor

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Hitler and Mussolini signed a military Alliance know as what

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The Pact of Steel

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Germany’s superior airforce

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Luftwaffe

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Germany’s fast-moving attack

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blitzkrieg

21
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Sitting war

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sitzkrieg

22
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a term of war coined during the Spanish Civil War to refer to individuals within a country

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fifth columnists

23
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became the most notorious of the fifth columnists. His name is a synonym for traitor

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Vidkun Quisling

24
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France established this line to separate them from Germany

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Maginot Line

25
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A hero of World War , to head a new French government

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Henri Petain

26
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Joined the Free French Movement

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Charles de Gaulle

27
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Arrived in North Africa with specially trained German Forces. Also known as the Desert Fox

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Erwin Rommel

28
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Invasion by sea assault

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Amphibious

29
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Code name for the Invasion

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Operation Sea Lion

30
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An act authorizing the president to “sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend or dispose of” military supplies to any country

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Lend-Lease Act

31
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An eight-point document that set forth the “common principles” on which both countries.

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Atlantic Charter

32
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Virtual Dictator of Japan

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Hideki Tojo

33
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Defeated the Germans at the Battle of El Alamin

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Bernard Montgomery

34
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landed on the Algerian coast

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Dwight D. Moody

35
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Fighters who harass an enemy occupying their territory

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Partisans

36
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Who were the members of the Big Three

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Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin

37
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A plan to invade France

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Operation Overlord

38
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The day when an attack is launched

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D-Day

39
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“I shall return” helped the Philippines fight against the Japanese

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Douglas MacArthur

40
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So named because of the war cry shouted by the Japanese troops

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banzai

41
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Japanese suicide pilots

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kamikaze

42
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the battle that wasted much of Germany’s strength and probably hastened the end of the war in Europe

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Battle of the Bulge

43
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When was V-E day

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May 8, 1945

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