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Dec. 1 Test Flashcards

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1
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Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific Theater, and was the first instance of island hopping for the Allied Powers?

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Battle of Midway

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What was the cause, for the Empire of Japan, to attack the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor

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They wanted to scare the US into not joining the war

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Which June 1944 victory turned the tide of WW2, in favor of the Allies in Europe, it was the largest combined arms battle in history?

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D-day

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Dresden, Nagasaki and Stalingrad all share what trait?

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What is Auschwitz?

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largest Nazi concentration camp

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What group did the Nuremberg Laws persecute?

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Jews

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What was the major result of the Yalta Conference?

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USA, Soviet Union, and Great Britian decided to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender, make plans for post-war world

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What were some major reasons the US emerged from WW2 as a superpower?

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Joined war late, Overpowering Military, Economic power

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Why was the UN (United Nations) created?

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Created to prevent another such conflict such as WW2

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Why is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created?

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Provide collective security against the Soviet Union

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11
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Which event is seen as the beginning of WW2?

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Invasion of Poland by Germany

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12
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What was to happen to Poland in the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact?

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Divided Poland between Germany and Soviets

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Describe the Battle of the Philippines.

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a major naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy’s ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions

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Describe the Battle of El-Alamein.

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When: May 1943
Who: Germans (Rommel) vs. Britain
Germans lose for first time

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Describe the Battle of Midway.

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When: June 1942 (sea battle)
Who: United States vs. Japan
United States win
Japan loses major battleships and planes
Hawaii saved from Japan invasion
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Describe Operation Torch.

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British-United States invasion of French North Africa

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Describe the Siege/Battle of Stalingrad.

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When: 1942-1943
Who: German vs. Russians
Soviets encircled Germans and trapped them with no food
Germans surrendered in January 1943
Turning point in Europe
91,000 Germans imprisoned
18
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Describe the Battle of Guadalcanal.

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When: August 7 1942-February 21 1943 (land battle)
Who: Japan vs. United States
Japanese abandoned canal
1,500 American deaths
2,500 Japanese deaths
19
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Describe Operation Overlord.

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launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe

20
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Describe the Battle of the Bulge

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When: December 16 1944-January 25 1945
Who: Germany vs. Allies
First attack by Jet bombers
German success lasted 2 days
Germans lost 100,000
Americans lost 81,000
21
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Describe the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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When: February-March 1945
Who: United States vs. Japan
3 straight days of bombing
5,885 deaths; 17,272 injuries
200 Japanese soldiers captured
United States took control of island
22
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Describe the Battle of Britain.

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the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force, mainly in london

23
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Who installed a Marxist government in the Soviet Union?

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Vladimir Lenin

24
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Who replaced Stalin in the Soviet Union?

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Nikita Khrushchev

25
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Who adopted the policy of appeasement towards Hitler?

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British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain

26
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Who was the American president during most of WW2?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

27
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Who was the leader of free (or Vichy) France during WW2?

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Marshal Philippe Pétain

28
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Who was the Fascist dictator of Italy during WW2?

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Mussolini

29
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Who was the military commander of Japan during WW2?

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Emperor Hirohito

30
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Who wrote Mein Kampf and carried out genocide against the Jews?

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Adolf Hitler

31
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During which conference did D-Day get planned?

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Tehran Conference

32
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Which conference planned to divide Germany into occupied zones following WW2?

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Potsdam Conference

33
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What is the Warsaw Pact?

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was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. The Soviet Union formed this alliance as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

34
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What is the iron curtain?

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boundary which divided Europe into two separate areas of political influence and ideology from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War.

35
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Who were some major members of NATO?

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Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States

36
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The iron curtain divided what parts of Europe?

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Eastern and Western Europe, cut germany in half

37
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Which American general oversaw the reconstruction of Japan?

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Douglas A. MacArthur

38
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Which battle saw the bombing of southern Britain - especially London?

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Battle of Britain

39
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What is the Final Solution?

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Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.

40
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WW 2 battles in chrologinal order

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Battle of Britain, Attack on pearl harbor, Battle of midway, Battle of El Alamein, Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of stalingrad, Operation Torch, D-day, Battle of the philppines, Battle of bulge, Battle of Iwo Jima

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