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WORLD WAR II (PART TWO) Flashcards

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what were some reasons that Japan attacked the U.S.?

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US did not like Japan’s aggressive tactics in Asia
FDR limited what Japan buys from US
US and Japanese diplomats sign a peace treaty
militant officer supported war with the US
half of the US naval fleet was held here
wanted to cripple US and achieve Asia before US rebuilt

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what caused FDR to ask Congress to declare war?

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the attack on Pearl Harbor

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what was the Atlantic Charter?

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an agreement between FDR and Winston Churchill that outlined the US and Britain’s war goals and later forms the basis for the United Nations

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who was part of the Axis Powers?

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Germany, Italy, and Japan

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who was part of the Allied Powers?

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US, Britain, France, and USSR

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what was the Casablanca Conference?

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FDR and Churchill meet in Morocco to create a strategy; deal with Europe first before war in Pacific and agreed to nothing less than “unconditional surrender” of the Axis Powers

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what happened at the Battle of Stalingrad?

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Germans invade Soviet Union but had a disadvantage because of the cold weather

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what was a major turning point in the war for the Allies?

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the Battle of Stalingrad because Germans were freezing and had no supplies; surrendered and lost many troops

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what is carpet bombing?

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a technique which planes scattered large numbers of bombs over a wide area

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what did Britain use in bombing Germany?

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carpet bombing; aircraft factories, railway lines, bridges, and cities were destroyed to prevent Germany to keep fighting

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what was Operation Overlord?

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a massive military attack that was launched by Britain that was kept a secret from Germany

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when was D-Day?

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June 6, 1944

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what happened on D-Day?

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Allied troops stormed the shoreline of Normandy and was considered the largest landing by sea in history

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what happened at the Battle of the Bulge?

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Germany launched a counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg and pushed back the US First Army

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what was the largest battle fought by the US Army and in all of Western Europe?

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Battle of the Bulge

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what were many of the Nazi leaders aware of after the Battle of the Bulge?

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the war would be over after the battle

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what did Japan use as a base for further expansion into Europe after they experienced a boom in their population?

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Manchuria

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what happened at the Battle of Midway?

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a wave of Japanese bombers attacked the island; the US destroyed 3 of 4 Japanese carriers and the Japanese were unable to launch any more operations

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suicide planes used by Japanese; pilots loaded aircraft with bombs and then deliberately crashed them into enemy ships to inflict maximum damage

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Kamikazes

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what was two of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific?

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Battle of Iwo Jima and Battle of Okinawa

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the Secret American program during WWII to develop an atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

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what major people were involved with the Manhattan Project?

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Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein

23
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what called for the complete and unconditional surrender of Japan?

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Potsdam Declaration

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what were other possibilities that could have happened to end the war instead of the atomic bomb?

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massive invasion of Japan
set up naval blockade to starve Japan and bomb strikes
give a demonstration of the weapon on a deserted island
offer an unconditional surrender

25
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when is the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima?

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August 6, 1945

26
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what was the radiation that fell back to the earth from the bomb called?

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“black rain”

27
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what did Japan do after the bombing of Hiroshima?

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they did nothing–did not surrender

28
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when was the second atomic bomb used in Nagasaki?

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August 9, 1945

29
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what was the bomb named at Hiroshima?

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Little Boy

30
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what was the bomb named at Nagasaki?

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Fat Man

31
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when was V-J Day?

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August 14, 1945

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what was V-J Day?

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the day that Japan surrenders and accepts the American terms

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when was VE Day?

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May 8, 1945

34
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what was VE Day?

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The war in Europe was over after the remainder of Germans surrendered

35
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what happened to Mussolini at the end of the war?

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he was captured and executed by Italian partisans and his body was taken to Ilan and hung upside down for public viewing

36
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what happened to Hitler at the end of the war?

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a few days prior to the end of war he marries his girlfriend and commits suicide in a bunker as Soviet troops enter Berlin

37
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Nazi Germany’s systematic murder of European Jews

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Holocaust

38
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what was another name for the Nazi elite?

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Gestapo

39
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a place where political prisoners are confined under harsh conditions

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concentration camps

40
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the “Night of Broken Glass”

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Kristallnacht

41
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what happened at Kristallnacht?

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Nazis looted and destroyed Jewish stores, houses, and synagogues

42
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the deliberate destruction of an ethnic or cultural group

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genocide

43
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existed primarily for mass murder; “extermination camps”

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death camps

44
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created by FDR in 1944 to help people threatened by Nazis

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War Refugee Board

45
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what happened when the camps were liberated?

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German troops moved all prisoners to German soil; many died on the way

46
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what were the Nuremberg Trials?

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trials that charged Nazi leaders with war crimes

47
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confined in “relocation” camps in remote areas far from the coast

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interned

48
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citizens born in US to Japanese immigrant parents

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Nisei

49
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what did many of the Japanese find when they returned home?

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many lost their businesses, homes, and farms

50
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what was the Korematsu vs United States issue?

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Supreme Court ruled that relocation policy not based on race but on a “military urgency”

51
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what was passed years after the war for the Japanese?

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Civil Liberties Act of 1988

52
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what is the Civil Liberties Act of 1988?

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Congress awarded surviving Japanese-Americans internee a tax-free $20,000

53
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what was the Bataan Death March?

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American and Filipino soldiers were captured and forced to surrender to the Japanese; left out in the sun without any water for many hours, many were also shot

54
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what day was Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan?

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December 7, 1941

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