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What was the “beer hall putsch” and when did it happen?

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Hitler tried over throwing the government in 1923

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When did hurler join what came to be the nazi party?

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1919

1922 became the leader

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When did Mussolini take power in Italy

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October 29th 1922

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What happened to all opposin political powers in Italy by 1928?

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They are threatened or killed

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What was the Mukden incident?

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A staged event by the Japanese to blow something up and blame China for doing it

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What did hitler ignore when he decided to re-arm Germany in 1935

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The versailles treaty

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What was the Rhineland incident

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Hitler put troops in the Rhineland area

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What happens when Germany occupied Austria

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There were many Germans in Austria and they were Okay with making one big country so they did

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How was Germany able to their the Sudetenland

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Hitler kept asking for more and more of it

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After taking the Sudetenland, what did Germany finally take

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They are doing to take over the rest of Czechoslovakia

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Who signed the “non-aggression “ pact and what happened a week later?

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Hitler and Stalin signed

They invaded Poland

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What was the gleiwitz incident

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The nazis did damage in Germany and said it was Poland

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What was operation himmler

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A bunch of propaganda by the nazis to make Poland look bad

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What was happening in Europe during the “phoney war” ?

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A phase early in ww2 when nothing happened except GETTING READY FOR WAR

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Who gave the “battle of the Atlantic” it’s name and what was his role in ww2?

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Longest battle of the war.

Winston Churchill-the prime minister of Great Britain

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Who was Joseph Stalin

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The leader of the Soviet Union

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Where was the winter war fought

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Eastern Finland

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What happened as a result of the winter war

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Finland gave up 10% of its territory and some of their assets

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What was blitzkrieg and what was it supposed to do to an enemy?

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Bomb a city, then surrounded it with tanks and people so they had no chance

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Why was norway important to Germany

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Strategic reasons

20
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How long did the German invasion of Denmark last

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6 hours

21
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What countries were invaded in the battle of France

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Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands

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Who was Charles de Gaulle and what was his role in ww2

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The military leader of France

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Although the Germans won at Dunkirk, why could you say that Britain/France really won?

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Britain and France escaped

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What did Italy want from Britain and France

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Take away their colonies in North Africa

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Describe the method of fighting in the Battle of Britain/ the blitz and what was the next step if the Luftwaffe won

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Everything was in the air. Great Britain would have followed

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What did women and elderly men do in Moscow in 1941?

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Dig anti-tank trenches; work against Germany

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Why was the battle of Moscow one of the most important in all of ww2

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It would of led Germany to take over Russia

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What was the date of Pearl Harbor?

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DECEMBER 7TH 1941

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Why did Japan attack

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Oil

30
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Why were the Japanese so successful in the early months after Pearl Harbor

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Nobody would fight back

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Battle of coral sea

Although this was a tactical victory for the Japanese, why did the battle prove to be a strategic victory for the allies

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We stopped them from

Advancing

32
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Why was winning the battle of midway so important

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The U.S. Wins and pushes Japan back

33
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How was operation torch another turning point in the war

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We went into Northern Africa and sen up through Italy to be successful. We did involved in the war and won

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What was the date of D Day

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JUNE 6th 1944

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When France was liberated, what did that end?

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The German occupation of France

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What was another term for the battle of the bulge

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Ardennes offensive

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What happened to German Units after the battle of the bulge

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The were forced to retreat

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Why was the battle of Iwo Jima so important?

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The first native Japanese soul we invaded

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Who invaded Germany from where?

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Soviet untion from the east

Us and Great Britain from the west

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What happened to Mussolini

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He gets hanged in the streets of Italy

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Who was involved in the battle of Okinawa that had not been involved in most of the others

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The first large use of kamakazee

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Name the plane, pilot, and bomb dropped over Hiroshima

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The Enola gay, Paul tibbits, little boy

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Name the bomb dropped on Nagasaki

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Fat man

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