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Invaded by Italy, League of Nations imposed sanctions because of the invasion. Was revenge for Ottawa where the Ethiopians beat Italy

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Ethiopia

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Francisco Franco was trying to gain power in Spain, nazi supported, gurtnica was bombed. It let the world know how the nazi’s would fight and introduced blitzkrieg

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Spanish civil war dress rehearsal for world war 2

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Appeasement, western powers have hitler the Sudetenland, Neville chamberlain held the document in his hand and shouted “we have achieved peace”

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Munich conference

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Lighting war, 1st phase was the German Air Force attacked from high altitude, 2 phrase another squad of the air force attacked at a lower altitude 3) ground troops

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Blitzkrieg

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Nonaggression pact between the soviets and Germans. Gave Germany a free hand in Poland

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Nazi-soviet pact

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When France was overtaken by the nazi’s, the nazi created a puppet g’ment in this town

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Vichy, France

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After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Decides to take care of Europe before the pacific. FDR HAD TO BE CONVINCED

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Europe first strategy

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Island hopping strategy

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Conceived by Douglas MacArthur, win the war in the pacific by starting at the southern most island and making your way up to mainland Japan. Can’t take over all islands

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Initial invasion of the Soviet Union, hurler invaded because he wanted her vast natural resources. What stopped him was the harsh winter of 41-42. The soviets will win and turning point

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Battle of El Alamein

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Battle in North Africa, furthest advancement of the nazi’s into Africa. Montgomery stopped the advancement of this. Rommel was the Germany general

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Tehran conference of 1943

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A meeting among the big 3, the attack was to start a second front, Stalin was begging Churchill and FDR for the 2nd front

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D-Day invasion

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Occurred in France, Normandy. 5 beaches were invaded. Conceived by Eisenhower. Once they gained a hold the war was over. Created a hopeless 2 front war

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Battle of midway

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Battle in the pacific, the japs tried to lure the U.S. Into a Pearl Harbor typed attack US knew about it tho and this becomes a decisive blow to the japs navy

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Kamikaze

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Japs airplanes crashed into allied ships, suicide mission

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Hitlers final solution

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To exterminate the Jews, white Anglo Saxon race was superior to all others

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Purpose of the concentration camps

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In theory the purpose of the camp was to convert undesirables to appropriate members of the 3rd reich

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Wansee conference

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Turns concentration camps into death camps. Ryan heydrich outlined the Jews in all the areas. 11 million totaled

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Auschwitz

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Poland, largest concentration camp

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Battle of the Bulge

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Hitlers last stand, create a bulge in the line in the Ardennes forest and break through. The Americans army was able to push them back and last of Germans reserved troops

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Emperor Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan for 63 years till 1989, cult of personality was created around him

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Manhattan project

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Created the atomic bomb Brie the U.S. Spent a total of 7 billion on Atomic Bomb creation.

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Potsdam conference

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Truman informs Clemens about the atomic bomb. Stalk. Already knew. The big three decide to divide Germany into 4 occupations, French us, British, soviets. Soviets get east and the rest get west

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Treaty that ended World War 1, punished Germany and it led to the rise of Adolfo butler. Hitler was this treaty to gain trust in his people. Violated by building up the Germany military, annexed Austria

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Versailles treaty

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Superpowers

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Soviet and U.S. Emerge as the strongest militarily

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Iron curtain
First used by Winston Churchill in Fulton Missouri "descend OMG across Europe"
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Mao tse-tung
Led the communist revolution in China. Will eventually defeat Shek. Victorious in the China civil war
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Nationalist leader, forced to flee China And go to Taiwan
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Containment policy
Man who authored the containment policy. Contain communism don't let it spread
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Truman doctrine
Policy of containment aid to Greece and turkey
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Central Intelligence Agency
Manifesto of containment policy. Nsa of 1947
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Marshall plan
George Marshall, gave a speech at Harvard us had to help desolated areas in all of Europe
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Domino theory
Referring to if Vietnam would fall so would the surrounding countries to communism
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NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization created by Allied powers nations would have their back if communism was a threat
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Warsaw Pact
Response to NATO also a collective security agency her Eastern European nations and soviets
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Korean War
1st hot war. 1950-53 NK CROSS THE 38th parallel into south
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38th parallel
Agreed upon demilitarized zone that separated North Korea and south. Furthest advancement of the soviets
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Pusan perimeter
Southeastern side of Korea, MacArthur order UN forces to form a perimeter around Pusan. Can't let NK pass and it worked
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Inchon
Port city, in SK and to the west. Counter offensive attack. Anxiously to land 70,000 troops. MacArthur knew it would work and it did
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General Douglas MacArthur
In charge of the united nation forces in the Korean War. He was to end things but he didn't want to so he entered NK. Wanted atomic bomb Truman fires him
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Peace corps
Kennedy, created through executive order. Flexible response responsibilities, was not just an arms race
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Alliance for progress
A concept in a flexible response responsibilities gave economic aid to Latin America. Did not work
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Bay of pigs invasion
Failed invasion of Cuba, Kennedy was presented with this plan 2 days after his election. Use Cuban refugees and take them to Guatemala and train them as rebels. Failed
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Vienna conference
City in Austria, Kennedy and kruschv met here. Soviets already had a low opinion of Kennedy. Kruschv wanted to be confrontational
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Berlin Wall
Eastern beeline built the wall to spectate the west from the east. Prevented the east Berliners from going to the west
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Cuban missile crisis
Closest both nations came to ghazi get a nuclear battle. Kruschv thinks he can secretly place offensive missiles in Cuba. U.S. found out about it. Kennedy successfully prevents the outing of missiles in cuba
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Genva accords
1) French Indochina given independence 2) Vietnam divided at 17th parallel 3) reunification election to decide which g'ment
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Hi chi Minh
Leader of north Vietnam world traveler
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Ngo Dinh Diem
American backed South Vietnam leader. Unpopular
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Nuclear test ban treaty of 1963
After the Cuban missile crisis, result of the Kennedy speed at the American university, he extended an olive branch. Limited testing of certain nuclear weapons
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Dien bien phu
Garison city in Vietnam, Vietcong attacked this city of the French. Last straw for the French
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Gulf of Tonkin resolution
2 negative votes from congress. Blank check that gave Johnson whatever power he needed to escalate the war in Vietnam
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Operation Rolling Thunder
1st sustaining bombing of the Vietnam war at least for the U.S.
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Use of agent orange/ napalm
Fight small battles on their terms and drag out the war. Vietnamese= tiger US= elefante
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TET offensive
Turning point of the war in Vietnam for the U.S. Sustained attack on 40 cities in Vietnam. American victory
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My lai incident
Lt.william cali ordered his forces to raid and kill everyone in a village. All killed by Americans
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Vietnamization plan
Tried to break the stalemate in the war. Sent air strikes in Cambodia.
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Détente
Relaxation; Americans strategy. Restrain the soviets
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SALT treaty
Slowed the arms race
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Doves and Hawks
doves oppose the war and Hawks supported the war

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