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UNIT 7: WW2 + interwar period Flashcards

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antisemitism

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prejudice against jews

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Battle of Britian (1940)

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When Germany invaded Britain and failed; still had to fight a two-front war

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Battle of Midway (1942)

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US victory over Japan which was a turning point in the pacific

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Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43)

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Germany was defeated, USSR begins pushing back to Berlin, turning point in Europe

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collectivization

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the act of making something apply to a group of people as a whole rather than as individuals

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D-Day (1944)

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Allies invaded the French coast of Normandy, begin freeing Western Europe from Nazi control

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Enabling Acts (1933)

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Acts that were passed that suspended Germany’s democratic constitution that allowed Hitler to assume dictatorial powers

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Enabling Acts (1933)

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Acts that were passed that suspended Germany’s democratic constitution that allowed Hitler to assume dictatorial powers

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Wannsee Conference

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Nazis decided on the “Final Solution” the planned and organized genocide of all European Jews.

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Five Year Plans

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Began to industrialization made the Soviet military much stronger but showed Stalin’s power but led to million of deaths

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Ghettos

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where the jews were kept together in a concentrated place

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island-hopping

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A US naval strategy in the Pacific

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League of Nations

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Substituted by the United Nations

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Kristallnacht (1938)

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A Nazi encouraged riot to kill hundreds of jews

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Mussolini

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First Facist leader

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Manchura

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Japan invaded and was the start to World War 2 in Asia

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Poland

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Germany invaded and was the start to World War 2 in Europe

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Non-Aggression Pact

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Germany and USSR agreed not to attack each other

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partition in Germany

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Germany formally split into two independent nations

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passive resistance

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The non-violent protest term

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Purges(in the USSR)

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When they would killed non-soviets or anti-communist

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Rape of Nanking (1937)

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When Japanese soldiers killed and raped thousands of people for sport.

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Salt March (1930)

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When Indians were protesting for their independence to sell salt along with their human rights against the British

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Third Reich

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The Nazi regime that was said to last for a thousand years

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Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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When the Allies came together to decide punishment for Germany including reparations, demilitarizing, giving up imperialized land and accepting blame for starting the war.

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Tripartite Pact (1940)

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When Japan became the third member of the Axis Powers (Germany and Italy)

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Two-front war

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When a country is having to face their opps on both sides

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Unconditional Surrender

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Completely accepting that a force has been defeated and will accept punishment(happened to Germany and Japan)

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Warsaw Uprising (1943)

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The most famous Jew uprising from the ghettos

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Weimar Republic

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The government before the Nazi regime

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Nuremberg Laws

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Encourage prejudice of jews

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blitzkrieg

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lighting warefare

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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere formed

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Japan conquered most of East Asia and established military rule

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Atomic bombs were dropped on

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Hiroshima and nagasaki

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lebensraum

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living space

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Schutzstaffel (SS)

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Nazi stormtroopers

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Einsatzgruppen

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Nazi kill squads

37
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Hideki Tojo

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general of the Imperial Japanese Army who was charged with war crimes and died by execution

38
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Kamikaze

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Suicide planes used by the Japanese

39
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Potsdam Conference

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announced trials for Nazi officials, Stalin refused to hold free elections in his “freed” countries, Allies demanded that Japan surrender unconditionally

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