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Unit 7 WW2 Flashcards

1
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What was the reason that Hitler broke the Non-Aggression pact?

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To conquer Poland and get more resources

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Auschwitz

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Largest Nazi concentration camp

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Bataan Death March

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Japan forced prisoners of war to march of 50 miles up a peninsula, only 54,000 out of 70,000 survived

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Fascism

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Germany turned into a fascist country, led by one ruler and prioritized nationalism and military.

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Appeasement

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Was made to stop Hitler from starting WW2, Munich Pact delayed the war and almost encouraged Hitler to expand further

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Marked a turning point in the war showing favor of the Allies

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Who used the Scorched Earth Policy in WWII?

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Soviet Union

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Allied Powers

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Britain, US, Soviet Union

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Final Solution

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Hitlers way to get rid of all inferior people, since emigration and ghettos had failed, was genocide

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Why was battle of Britain important?

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It proved Germany could be stopped

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Battle of Britain

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Germany vs. Britain, Britain won showing that Hitler could be beat

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Genocide

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Deliberate killing of a large number of people

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What was the turning point in the war?

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Stalingrad because it showed that Germans could be beat and it stopped them from invading the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

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Leader of the Soviet Union and helped them defeat Germany

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Non-aggression Pact

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A pact Stalin and Hitler signed to not attack each other for 10 years

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What was the Japanese Invasion of China called?

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Nanking massacre, treated all Chinese very badly

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Pearl Harbor

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US vs Japan, forced US to join the war

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Lend-Lease Act

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Allowed the US to lend supplies/weapons to allied nations in need.

20
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What started WWII?

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Nazi invasion of Poland

21
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When the US entered the war, who did they consider the biggest threat?

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Germany

22
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Yalta Conference

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To reconstruct Europe post ww2

23
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Manhattan Project

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When they made the atomic bomb

24
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Blitzkrieg

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´Lightning War´, Germany used it to invade Poland

25
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Harry Truman

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Dropped the atomic bombs

26
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Where was D Day at

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Normandy

27
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Nazi Party

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Believed Aryans were the superior race, led by Hitler

28
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Franklin Roosevelt

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President during WW2, died before the war ended

29
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Pearl Harbor

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Caused US to join WW2, Japan attacked US battleships

30
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Scorched-Earth Policy

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Soviets used it, burning everything your enemies could use.

31
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What was D-Day

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Allies liberated western Europe, leading to the end of the war

32
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What was the Turing point battle in the Pacific?

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Midway

33
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German Invasion of Czechoslovakia

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Led to the outbreak of the war, broke the Munich Confrence

34
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Erwin Rommel

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Lead Nazi German general in North Africa

35
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Adolf Hitler

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Started/led WW2

36
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Emperor Hirohito

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Emperor in Japan during WW2, led Pearl Harbor

37
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Winston Churchill

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UK leader, helped Britain defeat Germany

38
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Nagasaki

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City in Japan where the second atomic bomb was dropped

39
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German Invasion of Poland

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StartedWW2

40
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Battle of Dunkirk

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German win, but 300,000 soldiers were saved by ships

41
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Who were the American generals who were in charge of Europe’s Pacific Theaters in WW2?

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Eisenhower and MacArthur

42
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Hitler’s Invasion of the Soviet Union

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Opened up Eastern front, Germany lost because of harsh winters

43
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Did Hitler fight a two front war in WWII?

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Yes, because of france

44
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Munich Conference

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Tried to prevent the war by letting Hitler take over Czechoslovakia

45
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Kristallnacht

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´Night of broken glass´

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