world war 2 Flashcards

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Italy’s dictator

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Mussolini

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2
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Italy’s form of government, believed greatness came through a dictator

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Fascism

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3
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Fascist Militia

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Blackshirts

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4
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Mussolini’s nick name

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ll Duce

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5
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created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR

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Vladimir Lenin

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6
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who came to power when Lenin died

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Stalin

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7
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Govt owned farms

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Collectives

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8
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leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party or the Nazi

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hitler

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9
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author of Mien Kampf wrote in prison

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Hilter

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10
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master race

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Aryans

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11
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the leader

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Der Fuhrer

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12
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in 1931 japan invaded a place in north china called

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Manchuria

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13
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emperor Hirohiot asked who to withdraw troops from chinia

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Hideki Tojo

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14
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the invasion of Nanking became known as the

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Raping of Nanking

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15
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unification of Austria and Germany

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Anschluss

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16
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hitler wanted what two countries to be with germany

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austria and chechoslovakia

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17
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at the munich conference britain and france agreed to hitler’s policy know as

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appeasement

18
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giving unfair demands in order to avoid conflict

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appeasement

19
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Germany invaded Czechoslovakia and divided it into what countries

20
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lightning war

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blitzkrieg

21
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338k British and french troops were saved in the

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miracle at dunkirk

22
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German airforce

23
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brittian had what advantage

24
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nazi and britian air fight

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Battle of Britian

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made it illeagle to sell weapons to other countries
Neutrality
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Italy Japan Germany
axis
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wanted to repel the neutrality laws
Fight for Freedom Comittee
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wanted to keep isolationism
America First Comittee
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the four freedoms that US and britian stood for
freedom of speech,worship, want, fear,
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declared that the entire western half of the atlantic was part of western hemisphere and neutral
hemispheric defense zone
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postwar world democracy nonaggression free trade and freedom of seas
atlantic charter
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japs depended on
iron steel and oil
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items important for fighting a war
strategic materials
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japs surprise attack
Dec 7 1941
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Germany and italy declared war on US
Dec 11 1941
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extermination of the jews
holocaust
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hebrew for catastrophe
Shoah
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where people were sent to be killed
extermination camps
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where people were sent to be confined
concentration camps
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banned jews from merrying germans
nuremburg laws
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final solution for jews
wannsee conference