unit 6 Flashcards

1
Q

Nazi ___ murdered more than six million Jews during the Holocaust

A

Germany

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2
Q

German submarine ____ hunted allied shipping during the battle of the atlantic

A

wolf pack

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3
Q

Hitler avoided Frances ___ line by moving through the Netherlands , Belgium , and luxembourg before entering France

A

magingot

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4
Q

US ships endured attacks by almost 1,500 japanese ____ during the battle of Okinawa

A

kamikazes

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5
Q

the battle of _ is remembered by the American pilots as the great Marians turkey shoot because of the loss of three

A

Philippine sea

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6
Q

France and great Britain handed the country Czechoslovakia to Hitler at the ___ conference

A

muinch

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7
Q

Franklin d Roosevelt was from_______

A

the United States

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8
Q

____ was the general who led operation torch in north america

A

dwight

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9
Q

the _ was the last major battle of the war, resulting in deaths of nearly 12,000 american soilders and

A

battle of Okinawa

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10
Q

the_ was Hitler’s last offensive effort to stop the allied advanced towards germany

A

battle of the buldge

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11
Q

begun on September 1, 1939, the ___ was the first battle of WWll

A

invasion of Poland

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12
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____ instituted a government system, fasicim , stressing nationalism rather than individual liberty

A

Benito Mussolini

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13
Q

over 6,000 American troops died capturing the small island of in order to prevent japanese aircraft from attacking

A

lwo jima

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14
Q

Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish synagogues, homes, and buisnesses during ___, the night of broken

A

kristallnacht

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15
Q

Jews were stripped of their civil rights by passage of the ___ laws

A

Nuremberg

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16
Q

the _ was the forced unification of Austria to Germany

A

anschluss

17
Q

the surprise attack on ___

A

pearl harbor

18
Q

harry s Truman was from the

A

United states

19
Q

____ called america the “ arsenal of democracy” by supplying allies with war materials

A

Franklin d Roosevelt

20
Q

the _ was the Japanese vision of a large entity of Oriental nations led by Japan would be free from western

A

greater East Asia co- prosperity

21
Q

the June 6, 1944 , invasion of France is remembered as ____

A

d day

22
Q

fear of spying and sabotage led the us gov to place many ___ Americans in war relocation

A

japanese

23
Q

the battle for ____ was the first major battle for american forces in north Africa

A

kasserine pass

24
Q

over one half million German soldiers died as a result of Hitler’s I’ll advised attack on ___ Russia

A

stalingrad

25
Q

the policy of ____ allowed Germany to violate the terms of the treaty of Versailles, while doing nothing to stop

A

appeasement

26
Q

women’s serving in the WAC supported the efforts of the u.s ___

A

army

27
Q

more than 800 ships evacuated 380,000 british and french troops at ___

A

dunkirk

28
Q

hideki Tojo is from___

A

Japan

29
Q

the _ was a new type of rapid warfare introduces by Germany during the invasion Poland

A

blitzkrieg

30
Q

the sinking of four Japanese carriers at _ crippled japanese attacks capability and was turning point in the

A

mid way

31
Q

the____ raid cast fear into the Japanese people because they believed their homeland beyond reach of enemy

A

Doolittle

32
Q

was an intense air battle that prevented Hitler from invading england

A

battle of britain

33
Q

a small force of American Marines on _turned away a Japanese invasion

A

wake island

34
Q

____ code talkers used their native language

A

navajo

35
Q

____ was from great britain

A

winston cchurchhill