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End Of WWII Flashcards

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First meeting of the big 3

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Tehran conference

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The big 3

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Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

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Why did Germany have to fight a war on several fronts

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Because of D-day the the battle of the bulge

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Why did WWII contuine for so long

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Nazi Germany would not surrender

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Members of the sercuity council

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United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France, and China

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Who are the undesirable

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Jews
Slav’s
Romans
homosexuals
Disabled

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Where were nazi war criminals tried

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Nuremburg

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Name given to a state attention after World War II

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Cold war

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Hitler’s ultimate goal to murder all Jews

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Final solution

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Soviet Union controlled zone of Germany

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East germany

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Organization created in 1945 with an ultimate goal of keeping world Peace

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United Nations

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Zone of Germany controlled by France Great Britain and the United States, democratic

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West germany

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Most power Of this organization and had veto power

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Security council

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Stalins 2 goals after World War II

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Convert Eastern Europe To communism
use the countries as a buffer zone of friendly governments as a defense against Germany AKA puppet governments

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What was the Manhattan project

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Overseen by Roosevelt and combined science government and military

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What caused a major refugee crisis at the end of the war

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people coming back from more soldiers and prisoners of war

Jews coming back but their homes were taken

Destruction of property from bombs and overall war

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What were the main items discussed at the yalta conference

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2nd meeting of the big 3
Discussed post war Europe specifically Germany
created the United Nations
agreed to hold child trials for nazi war criminal
Spheres of inflience for the soviets

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What were the main items discussed in the potsdam confence

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3rd meeting between the big 3
- what to do with Germany (and division of Germany)
- negotiated end of war terms
- what to do with atomic bomb useage
- U.N is offically created
- what to do with poland

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Potsdam declaration

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Said that Japan must surrender or they will get total Destruction

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Who were the big 3

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Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill

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Genocide

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The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or ethnic group

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Pogroms

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Discrematory acts or laws towards jews

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Hitler’s new order

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Motivated by the need for living space

created and developed concentration camps

Overall idea if what hitler planed to do in hia terrority

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What was the goal of work camps

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Total Annihilation through work

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Who did extermination camps kill 1st

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Young elderly and sick

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What was Hitler’s final solution

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Hitler’s overall goal to murder all Jews with extermination camps or through work

27
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Name 3 resistances to nazi rule

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Warsaw ghetto uprising
Rebellion and Auschwitz
Denmark immigrated their Jewish population to Sweden

28
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Did the Allied powers know what conditions were like in nazi Germany

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They didn’t know about concentration camps or the extreme of the brutality

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Nuremburg trials

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Prosecuting prominent members of the nazi party for crimes against humanity

Some of the leading nazi officers committed suicide or escaped to other countries before the trial, and some are still being hunted down

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Where were the judges for the Nuremberg trials from

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Britain US Soviet Union and France

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Absentia

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Not present (they werent there for the trial)

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Establishing the United Nations

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5 nations convened in San Francisco to draft a charter for the United Nations

Each member gets one vote in the General Assembly

the security council has more power over the general assembly

Also include other humanitarian goals such as contain diseases and prove education and protect refugees

Ultimate goal was to return peace

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What could the security council in the United Nations do

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They could veto the General Assembly
they could apply economic sanctions
They could deploy a piece keeping military force

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Who wanted the German rocket scientists captured

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The US wanted them track down and brought to the US

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What were the 2 world powers in the beginning of the cold war

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United States and the Soviet Union

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Why were there feelings of distrust in Eastern Europe and what did it cause

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Disagreements over government types
Reparations in Germany
Caused a divide (u.s vs soviet union)

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What conference did the cold war begin

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Yalta

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Why did Stalin want a buffer of friendly governments

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To serve as a blocker Against Germany and to have puppet governments around him

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What did Roosevelt want after the war

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Self determination for countries and free elections

40
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The Tehran conference

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was the first meeting between the Big 3, the main point was that Stalin wanted Roosevelt to open a second front. and they agreed on when D-Day would occur

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