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What were the major causes of the war?

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1) The mistreatment of the Germans under the Versailles Treaty
2) The Great Depression lead to the rise of dictators in Europe

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What were 4 extreme forms of governments that arose during the Great Depression?

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  • Communism: Russia
  • Fascism: Italy/Spain
  • Nazism: Germany
  • Militarism: Japan
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What did the dictators that rose up promise the people?

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They promised to get the people out of the depression and bring prosperity

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What were some shared ideologies or beliefs of the extreme forms of governments?

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1) It demanded fanatic loyalty to their leaders and country
2) It had totalitarian states where police or government controls everything
3) Racism

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Who comes to power in communist Russia after Vladimir Lenin died?

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Joseph Stalin

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Who was the leader in Fascist Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

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Who was the leader of Fascist Spain?

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Francisco Franco

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What does Nazi mean?

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National Socialist Germans Workers Party

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How does Hitler come to power?

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1) Promises the German people a way out of the Depression

2) Promised revenge for their mistreatment under the Versailles Treaty

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What were the 2 police groups set up by Hitler?

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  • Gestapo

- Black Shirts

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What was the symbol of the Nazis?

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Swastika

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What was the name for the undesirables?

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Untermensch

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What does the undesirables include?

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1) Polish/Russians-Slavs
2) Roma(Gypsies)
3) Jehova Witness
4) Homosexuals
5) Handicapped
6) Negroes
7) Jews

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What was the name of anti-Jewish laws in Germany?

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Nuremberg Laws (1933)

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What happens during Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass” 1938?

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There was an organized massacre against the German Jewish community

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Why could the Jews not leave Germany?

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Other countries did not accept most of them because the depression left little jobs

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Who was the militarist that lead Japan?

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Hideki Tojo

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Who was the emperor in Japan?

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Hirohito

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What is Pan-Asianism?

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An attempt to get all Asia to unit against imperialist European countries under Japan’s leadership.

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Which country was Japan’s first target?

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Manchuria

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What was also known as the forgotten Holocaust of WWII?

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Rape of Nanking

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What was Italy’s goal?

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To restore the Roman Empire and create an African Empire

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What was also known as the dress rehearsal for WWII?

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The Spanish Civil War

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Who was the British prime minister at Munich?

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Neville Chamberlain

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What is the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact?
A German-Soviet non-aggression pact
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What style of warfare did the Germans use?
blitzkrieg
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What happened at Dunkirk?
An amphibious operation miraculously saved the British and French armies
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What was operation Sealion?
Hitler’s plan to invade and conquer Britain the Battle of Britain
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What was Hitler’s big mistake in the Battle of Britain?
He changed his targets to the civilian population giving the British RAF time to recover
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What new British invention turned the tides at the Battle of Britain?
The Radar
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What was the longest battle of WWII?
The Battle of the Atlantic
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What were three things the Neutrality Act did to limit the USA’s involvement in the war?
1) Placed an embargo on arms 2) Forbade American ships from entering war zones and prohibited them from being armed 3) Barred Americans from traveling on belligerent ships
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What were two programs that helped the Allied Powers?
- Cash and Carry program | - Lend-Lease program
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What was operation Barbarossa?
An invasion on the Soviet Union
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Why did Hitler want the Soviet Union?
1) living space for the German people 2) it had the largest population of Jews 3) natural resources
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What was the turning point in the Eastern front and why?
The invasion of the Soviet Union because no city surrendered but I drained Hitler’s manpower and resources
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Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
The USA was the only country that could stop them from taking over Asia and believed it would stop their will to fight.
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What 3 warnings did the US ignore in the day Pearl Harbor was attacked?
1) The US intelligence was warned of an attack 2) There was a midget submarine 3) Radar sighting
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Why was Pearl Harbor not a success for the Japanese?
They failed to destroy: 1) Repair facilities 2) Fuel depots 3) Submarines 4) US aircraft carriers
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What were the results of Pearl Harbor?
1) The US enters WWII 2) Unites the people of the US 3) Internment Camps
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What were two major Naval/Air battles in the Pacific theater?
1) Battle of the Coral Sea | 2) Battle of Midway
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What were the six major Allies war conferences?
1) Casablanca 2) Cairo 3) Tehran 4) San Francisco 5) Yalta 6) Potsdam
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Who was the head of the SS and in charge of the Holocaust?
Heinrich Himmler
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What were the four programs in Hitler’s “final solution?”
1) Immigration 2) Mobile death squad 3) Ghettos 4) Death camps/gas chambers
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Who are some Heroes that Spoke out during the Holocaust?
1) Corrie ten Boom 2) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 3) Oskar Schindler 4) Anne Frank
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What are 3 types of German concentration camps?
1) POW Camps 2) Work Camps 3) Death Camps
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Who was also known as the Desert Fox?
Erwin Ronme
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What was a key victory in Africa?
The Battle of El Alamein
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What was operation Torch?
The North Africa campaign
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What was operation underbelly?
The Italian campaign
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What was operation Overlord?
The fortress European campaign
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When, where, and who commanded D-day?
June 6, 1944 Battle of Normandy, and Dwight Eisenhower
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What was a key battle to the European theater and why?
Battle of the Bulge exhausted Germany’s resources
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When was V-E day?
May 8, 1945
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What is the Bushido code?
Japanese warriors fight to the death or commit suicide
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What was the longest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater?
Okinawa
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Who was the chief scientist of the development of the atomic bombs?
Robert Oppenheimer
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What were the Major results Of WWII?
1) Approximately 65 million people died(40 million civilians) 2) Great Britain lost its empire 3) Europe is ruined 4) Nuclear age begins 5) Cold War 6) Creation of Israel

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