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Prohibihtion

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policy for biding the manufacture sale and transportation of alchololic drinks

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Three Mistakes the Japanese made at Pearl Harbor (LONG QUESTION)

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1) Did not bomb the aircraft carriers
2) Did not bomb the repair cranes
3) did not bomb oil fuel storage tank

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Economic Nationalism

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policy that a nation uses to try to improve its economic well being by limited trade.

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Market Speculations

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Risky investments in the stock market

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Black Tuesday

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October 29th 1929 when stock investors rushed to sell their shares resulting in a major financial collapse

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Great depression

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World wide depression in the early 1930s when prices and wages fell, buisness activity slowed, and unemployment rose.

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Herbert Hoover

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A president who tried to revive the american economy but failed so bad it caused another collapse.

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Franklin D Roosevelt

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The president after hoover who took actions and created a relief program called new deal. They granted money to each state. It helped give food, housing, and roads.

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New Deal

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programs by by president rooselvelyt to repair the depression and cretae new jobs and grant money to the states.

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Social Security Act

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US laws providing for unemployed and old age benefits.

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buying on margin

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putting down 5-10 percet of a stock

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smoot hawley tearrif

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the raising of tariffs on over 20,000 imported items to all time highs. As a result countries raised their tariff on US products

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Appeasment

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Policy trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of the aggressor

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axis powers

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alliance including Germany, Italy and japan.

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anti- Comintern pact

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agreement between japan and Germany pledging to stop the spread of Russian communism

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Munich conference

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meeting called by hitler in 1938 to discuss the czech problem, which led to the annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany

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neville chamberline

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a prime minister who accepted hitlers demand for sutland to join germany. later spoke to a cheerig crowd announcing that he found “peace in our time

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edouard daladier

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a french premeir who joined chamberline on the meeting with hitler. made same decisions as chamerline.

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German soviet nonaggression pact

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1939 agreement dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence

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blitzkreig

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german word for “lightning war” fast forceful style of fighting they used during ww1

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phony war

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early phase of ww2 marked by little activity in western europe

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collaborations

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people who are willing to help their countrys enimies

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maquis

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memeber of french underground resistance movement

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isolationistsy allliances

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people who belive that their own country should not become involved in relations with other nations, especially

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Winston Churchill

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british prime minister in ww2. stressed the importance of having close ties with the USA

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philippe petain

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french leader who formed a government and assumed disctorial powers. treaty with hitler.

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charles de gaulle

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he formed the free french government. He was the genral for escaping britain and africa

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luftwaffe

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german airforce in ww2

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battle of britain

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non stop german air raids on britain during 1940 and 1941

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nutrality acts

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in 1935-1937 the us stated its wish to stay nutral in futur wars

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land-lease act

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1941 the usa alowed to supply war materials to great britain

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atlantic charter

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statments created by winston churchill and franklin rooselvelts countires intentions in 1941

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kristallancht

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‘“night of the broken glass” November 9th 1930 when over 7,500 jewish buisness and synagogues were dystroyed in germany

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dunkirk

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largest military evacuation in history. 330,000 british and allied troops are evacuated from france to england. may 26th-june 4th 1940

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adolf hitler

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facist dictator of germany in ww2. Natzi party

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Benito musolini

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facist dictator of italy during ww2

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joseph salin

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communist dictator of soivet union (russia) during WW2

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38
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What date dose hitler invade poland

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september 1st

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39
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why was the maginot line useless to the germans when fighting the british and french

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they just went around it

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40
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when did pearl harbour happen to destroy the us navy

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december 7th 1941

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tora tora tora

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a code for the japanese that meant attcks were completed at pearl harbor

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An epidemic of what disease killed an estimated 50-100 million people around the world from 1918-1919?

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influenza

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France’s fortifications along the borders of Germany and Luxemburg were called?

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Maginot Line

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44
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Which antibiotic was discovered in 1928?

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penicillin

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Risky investments in the stock market are called market…?

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speculation

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Putting down 5 to 10 percent of the price of a stock is called?

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buying on margin

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October 29, 1929 when stock investors rushed to sell their shares, resulting in a major financial collapse, was called?

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Black Tuesday

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Worldwide depression in the early 1930s was called?

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Great Depression

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50
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Which of the following did NOT occur during the great depression

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employment rose

51
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Policy that a nation uses to try to improve its economic well-being by limiting trade is?

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economic nationalism

52
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  1. Which U.S. tariff (June 17, 1930) raised prices on over 20,000 imported items to all-time highs?
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Smoot-Hawley

53
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President who tried to revive the U.S. economy from 1929-1931, but failed was?

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Hoover

54
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U.S. President elected in 1932 and immediately created a program of relief and reform was?

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Roosevelt

55
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Programs by in which the U.S. federal government established public works to create jobs and granted money to each state to provide for the needy was called?

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New Deal

56
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U.S. law providing for unemployment and old-age benefits is called?

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Social Security

57
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Which area of China did Japan invade in 1931?

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Manchuria

58
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Who was appointed chancellor of Germany in January 1933?

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Adolf Hitler

59
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Which of the following did Hitler and Mussolini not use in their rise to

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Freedom of speech

60
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What was the name of Hitler’s secret state police?

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Gestapo

61
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When Hitler eliminated almost 100 of his political opponents was called the Night of the…?

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Long Knives

62
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Extremely nationalistic, anti-Semitic, and anti-communist party that rose to power in Germany was?

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Nazi

63
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What happened to Germany’s unemployment from 1932 to 1940

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Decreased significantly

64
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What was responsible for this change in unemployment?

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military spending

65
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Fascism

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Government of hitler and Mussulini

66
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what did japan do in 1931

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invaded manchura and china for its natural recources

67
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what did japan do in 1937

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japan invades the rest of china and 30,000 civilians were killed in the process

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The Vichy regime was set up to gover what country when the Nazis defeated it in 1940?

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France

69
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The commander of all U.S. naval forces during World War II was?

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Nimitz

70
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Who was commander of all U.S. ground forces in the Pacific during WW Il?

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MacArthur

71
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At what battle did the U.S. turn back a Japanese invasion of Australia?

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Coral Sea

72
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The decisive battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II, fought June 4-6, was?

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Midway

73
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How many Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk at this battle?

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Four

74
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what did the us do on July 1941

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cut off oil, scrap metal, and other exports. this led to japan becoming infuriated and bombing pearl harbour.

75
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German general, nicknamed “The Desert Fox,” who had initial access in North Africa was?

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Rommel

76
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emperor of japan during ww2

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emporor hirochito

77
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What was the decisive battle in North Africa, fought from October 23 - November 11, 1942?

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El Alamein

78
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Who was commander of the British 8th Army during WW Il?

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Montgomery

79
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What geographical area did the U.S. invade in November 1942?

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North Africa

80
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Why was the war fought in North Africa?

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Suez Canal

81
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American general who helped defeat the Germans in North Africa was?

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Patton

82
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in charge of the Japanese navy. ordered the attack on pearl harbour

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admiral yamamoto

83
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person in charge of the 6 aircraft carriers that attacked pearl harbour

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admiral nagumo

84
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What was the decisive battle in Europe where Russians defeated the Germans?

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Stalingrad

85
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What was the decisive battle in Europe where Russians defeated the Germans?

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Stalingrad

86
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What Japanese admiral was killed in an ambush by American fighter planes on April 18, 1943?

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Yamamoto

87
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Russian general who defended Moscow in 1941 and also won the Battle of Stalingrad was

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Zhukov

88
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What country did the allies invade in July 1943?

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Italy

89
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Who was commander of the U.S. 3rd Army during WW II?

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Patton

90
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Who was commander of all the Allied troops in Europe and North Africa during WW II?

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Eisenhower

91
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Which European city was liberated June 4, 1944?

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Rome

92
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Which European city was liberated August 25, 19442

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Paris

93
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After 900 days, the sige of which city was lifted on January 27, 1944

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Leningrad

94
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Who said:” I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.”

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Yamamoto

95
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Officer who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Commander Genda

96
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Commanded the first strike wave at peal harbor

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Fuchida

97
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Japanese code for the attack on Pearl Harbor to begin

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Climb Mt Nitaka

98
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Commanded German troops to move across the Mediterranean to take control of Libya in early 1941. They were beaten at the battle of El Alamein

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Erwin Rommel

99
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Japanese government realized the most dangerous enemy would be the US Japanese commanders began to plan a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

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Hideki Tōjō

100
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region of Italy and the Balkans that Churchill believed to be the weak part of the axis powers

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“Soft underbelly of the Axis”

101
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Military strategy of capturing only certain islands of a country and bypassing the others

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Island hopping

102
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Battle between Germany and the Soviets in Stalingrad in the summer of 1942; Soviet victory greatly weakened Germany’s forces

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Battle of Stalingrad

103
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Commander of all allied troops in Europe and Africa

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

104
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Important battle in which the Americans defeated the Japanese in 1942

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Battle of Midway

105
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Code name for the allied invasion of northwest France

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Operation overlord

106
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June 6, 1944 the day allied troops began their invasion on France’s normandy coast

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D-day

107
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May 8 1945 the day of allied victory in Europe in WW2

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V-E day

108
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September 2 1945 the day the Japanese surrendered to the US in world war 2

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V-J day

109
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Forced March by Japanese of prisoners of war in the Philippines in 1942

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Bataan death March

110
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Adolf hitlers plan for organizing Europe into a single political and economic system ruled by Germany

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New order

111
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Name given to the nazi attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe

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Final solution

112
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Head of the SS, lead the final solution.

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Heinrich Himmler

113
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Shutzaffel or military brach of the Nazi party

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SS

114
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Meeting of German officials to plan for systematically exterminating Jews

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Wannsee conference

115
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Nazi death camp in which people were systematically murdered

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Auschwitz

116
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Systematic elimination of European Jews and others by the Nazis

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Holocaust

117
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A teenager girl who was hiding that kept her diary of her experience during the Holocaust

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Anne Frank

118
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who was commandor genda

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officer who planned the attack on pearl harbour

119
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who was fuchida

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commandor of the first strike wave at pearl habrour.

120
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what was operation market garden

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allied plan to end the war by christamas of 1944.

121
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where were the 35000 paratroopers who wereinvolved in operationmaerket garden from

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british, american, polish

122
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how many bridges were captured in operation market garden

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3

123
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how long did the battle or the bulge last?

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two months

124
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Why did germany do the battle of the bulge

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to split america and british line and sign a peace treaty with both

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