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General Flashcards

1
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The German strategic style of fighting, employing fast-moving, massed armored columns supported by airpower.

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Blitzkrieg

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The French defensive that ran from Switzerland in the south to the Belgian frontier in the north. Failed to stop the German advance.

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Maginot Line

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3
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Commander of German and Italian forces during the North African campaign. Nicknamed the “Desert Fox.”

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Erwin Rommel

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4
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Code name for Hitler’s planned invasion of the USSR.

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Operation Barbarossa

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5
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Japanese General who oversaw the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

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Tojo

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6
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The two cities destroyed by the atomic bomb

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki

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7
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Japanese suicide missions in which pilots deliberately flew their planes into American warships.

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Kamikaze

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8
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Japanese Emperor during WWII

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Hirohito

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9
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The name of the German Airforce

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Luftwaffe

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10
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Supreme Commander of the Allied armies in Europe

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Gen Dwight D Eisenhower

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11
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Which country helped Germany invade Poland?

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Soviet Union

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12
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Who was the US president during the start of WW2

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Franklin Roosevelt

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13
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Which branch of the armed services was John F Kennedy in

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Navy

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14
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What caused the USA to enter WWII

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Attack on Pearl Harbour

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15
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Who was the soviet leader during the war

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Joseph Stalin

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16
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Whose side was spain on during the war?

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Spain was neutral

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17
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Whose side was China on in the war

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Allies

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18
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What did the USA do to Japanese people living in the USA

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Sent them to internment camps

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19
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What was the name given to German Submarines

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U-Boats

20
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US Ordered 150 Million pounds of which food to serve its troops

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Spam

21
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What were “jungle fountains” used to serve soldiers with

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Coca Cola

22
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What was the only country Germany Officially declared war on?

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USA

23
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor which brand of potato chips changed its name to Jays?

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Japps

24
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In what year did Germany open its first concentration camp?

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1933

25
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Which event is widely considered to be the beginning of the holocaust

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Kristalnacht

26
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What country did Adolf Hitler’s nephew, William Hitler, fight for?

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USA

27
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In which year did the last member of the Japanese Imperial army surrendor

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1974

28
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What was the Manhattan Project?

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The code name for the american project to build an atomic bomb

29
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Which president ordered the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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Harry S Truman

30
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What mascot represented the women who went to work in factories to help with the war effort?

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Rosie the Riviter

31
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Which was the first commodity rationed in the USA

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Sugar

32
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What date did WW2 begin

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1 September 1939

33
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Which two countries declared war on Germany after it invaded Poland

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Britain and France

34
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Where did the d-day landings take place

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Normandy in France

35
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How many Jewish people were murdered during WW2

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Between 6 and 11 Million

36
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Who was the leader of China during WW2

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Chiang Kai Shek

37
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Which country did not resist Germany and allowed the Nazis to annex it?

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Austria

38
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What was ‘the Final Solution’

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Hitlers plan to exterminate the Jews

39
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Who was Oskar Schindler?

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A German Businessman who helped to save many jews from being executed by employing them in his factories

40
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What was the capital of Germany

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Berlin

41
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In what year did the Soviet Union finally declare war on Japan

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1945

42
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What term did the British use to describe the nightly ari raids that occured during 1940 and 1941

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The Blitz

43
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To prevent German pilots from successfully bombing Great Britain at night, British citizens were required to do what?

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Prevent any light from escaping their homes that might be seen by enemy aircraft

44
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What is the nickname of the Allied landings on the Normandy Beaches on June 6, 1944?

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d-day

45
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How did Hitler die?

A

Killed himself

46
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What is considered by many to be the German blunder that turned the tide of the war?

A

Invading Russia

47
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The eldest daughter of King George VI of Great Britain, served as a driver and mechanic during the war. She, of course, became

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Queen Elizabeth 2

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