World War II Flashcards

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Kuomentang/Guomentang

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Nationalists that cooperated under Sun Yat den but once Chiang Kai shek took power he attacked Communists

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Manchukuo

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Was declared independent and Japanese puppet state with Henry Pu Yi as ruler.

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Yasakuni Shrine

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Where General Hideki Tojo was responsible for many deaths and medical experiments on prisoners of war then executed

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Rape of Nanjing

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Over 200,000 killed in 6 weeks since Japan didn’t have enough troops to occupy China but only key areas.

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Three All Campaign

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Kill All, Burn All, Loot All……adopted out of fear

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Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere

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Replace European and American imperialism in Asia with Japanese imperialism (Asia for Asians)

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American Oil Embargo

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USA bans the sale of oil to Japan

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December 7, 1941

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Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

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Zero fighter plane

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Long rang, easy to maneuver, and 12:1 kill ratio

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Yamato and Musaki

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Two most powerful battleships ever built but neither survived the war

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Island hopping

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Going from strong guarded island to island cutting off supply lanes

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Battle of Guadalcanal

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First allied offensive in Pacific in Solomon Islands where Allies had retaken most of Pacific

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Cairo Conference

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Addressed Allied position against Japan and made decisions about post war Asia. (Between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai Shek)

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Battle of Iwo Jima

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Americans took Iwo Jima after a month of bitter fighting

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Battle of Coral Sea

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Us and Australians stopped Japanese drive to Australia

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16
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Battle of Midway

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Stopped Japanese push to Pacific and cracked the Japanese code to know they were coming (turning point in War in Pacific)

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Potsdam Conference

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Truman warned Japanese they would face “prompt utter destruction” unless they surrendered.

18
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Hiroshima

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USA dropped and atomic bomb on the city killing 80,000

19
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Nagasaki

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USA dropped an atomic bomb killing 40,000

20
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Mao Zedong

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Head of Communists

21
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Pu Yi

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Puppet Ruler of Manchukuo

22
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Emperor Hirohito

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Emperor Showa of Japan who had complete control over and loyalty from his subjects and responsible for starting and ending wars against China, USA, and Britain.

23
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Hideki Tojo

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Prime Minister and primary military leader nicknamed the Razor and responsible for medical experiments and deaths of many civilians.

24
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Chiang Kai shek

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Leader of Nationalist or Kuomentang that attacked Communists (Mao Zedong)

25
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Harry Truman

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Made the decision to drop atomic bomb on Japan and continue landing on Japanese mainland.

26
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Douglas McArthur

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Surrendered on battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

27
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Sadako

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Girl who got Cancer or ill because of atomic bomb so she tried to make 1000 paper cranes to wish to get better.