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World War II Flashcards

1
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What started WWII

A

Germany invading Poland

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2
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What was a battle that turned the tide of the war?

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Midway, Stalingrad, El Alamein

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3
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The U.S. entered the war when which event occurred?

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor

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4
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Which battle stopped Japan’s southward advance?

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Battle of the Coral Sea

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5
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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Allied Powers

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Britain, America, Soviet Union

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What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?

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Blitzkrieg “Lightning War”

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What does Hitler and the Nazis say what is the Germanic peoples- master race?

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Aryans

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What laws take away the rights of German Jews?

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Nutemburg

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10
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What was Hitler’s “Final Solution” for the Jews?

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Genocide

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Who were mostly the weak people in the concentrations camps?

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Women, children, sick, elderly

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12
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Which American general lead the Battle of El Alamein

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Bernard Montgomery

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13
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What happened in the Invasion of Italy

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Allies captured Sicily

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What was a total war that the Allies defeated France, Belgium, and Luxemburg

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D-Day invasion

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15
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What was the main camp

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Auschwitz

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16
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When was the invasion of Poland

A

September 1, 1939

17
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Winston Churchill

A

British prime minister

18
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Charles de Gaulle

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french general

19
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why does US enter war

A

bombing of pearl harbor

20
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what is Doolittle’s raid on japan

A

revenge for pearl harbor

21
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battle of guadalcanal

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japanese built huge airbage

22
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what people got put in the concentration camps

A

jews

23
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Battle of Midway

A

US lets Japan attack then US planes attack

24
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What happened at Pearl Harbor

A

Japanese attacked pearl harbor

25
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Yamamoto

A

japanese greatest naval strategist also called for an attack on U.S.

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