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what was the name of Hitler political party? nickname?

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national socialist German worker party. nickname nazi.

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what was the SA? nickname?

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paramilitary organization in German nazi party. nickname brown shirt

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what was the name of Hitler book he wrote while in jail?

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mien Kamper

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what was Kristallnacht

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night of broken glass

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what was Hitler belief called that would allow Germany more “living people”

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Lebensraum

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what was the night of long knives

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SS wiped out people who are not loyal to hitler

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7
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where or what was the name of the first concentration camp in germeny

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dachau

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8
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why were more concentration camps built outside of Germany

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so the German didn’t know about the killing

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9
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what group of people were sent to concentration camps

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jews

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10
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what country did Germany invade that started world war ll and date

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Poland, 1939

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what was the name of the “lighting war” tactic Germany used during world world ll

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blitzkrieg

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12
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what was the final solution

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a faster way to way to kill the jews

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13
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who was in charge of the SS and final solution

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Himmler

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what was the name of nazi doctor in concentration camps that used alive people as experiments to test about hypothermia, twins, cloning genetics, and exchanging body parts

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Mengele

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15
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when is it assumed hilter commits suicide

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April 30,1945

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16
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when is V-D day

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may 8,1945

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17
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what was Mussolini nickname of title

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il duce

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18
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what was his political ideology

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fascist

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19
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what was his name of intimidating soldiers that him helped him come to power

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black shirt

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20
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what was the African nation did Italy invade but had difficulty

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ethiopia

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21
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who is the ruler of Russia during world war ll? what was his ideology

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Stalin, communism

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who did the Russia leader sign a non-aggression pact with so Russia would not be invade by Germany

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Hitler

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23
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what country was to be split between Russia and Germany because of the non-aggression pact

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Poland

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what was the name of the policy Ukrainian and Russian people were to obey to make sure German solider would not have food and/or supplies

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scorched earth policy

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25
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what are kulaks

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Russian farmer

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26
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what capital city of Russia that the Germans were trying to capture

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Moscow

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27
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who was the prime minister associated with the word appeasement

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Neville chamberlain

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28
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who become the prime minister of Great Britain at the outbreak of world war ll

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Winston Churchill

29
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what were the name of the two fighter planes that saved Great Britain in the battle of Britain

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hurricane and spilt fire

30
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what was the RAF

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royal air force

31
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what was the capital city that was bombed constantly for two straight months by the Luftwaffe

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London

32
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what was the British subway system called that also was used as bomb shelters

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underground

33
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what was another name for the Normandy, France invasion by the allies? Date?

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D-day, June 6,1944

34
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what was the capital of France

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London

35
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who was the emperor of Japan

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Hirohito

36
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what country did Japan invade prior to world war ll, and set up a “puppet government” in Manchuria?

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China

37
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who planned the pearl harbor attack on the Americans? date?

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Yamamoto, dec 7, 1941

38
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what were Japanese suicide pilots called

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kamikaze

39
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what were Japan internment camp? where were they located

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people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps. located in American

40
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what city was the capital of Japna

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Tokyo

41
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when was V-J day

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aug 14,1945

42
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who was the president until 1945

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F.D Roosevelt

43
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who boomed Peral harbor to get the US involved in WWll? date?

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Japan, dec,71941

44
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what was D-day? date

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discussion day, June 6/1944

45
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who was the president that decided to drop two atomic bombs on Japan? date

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Truman

46
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what was the name of the project to create the atomic bomb

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Manhattan project

47
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who was the leading scientist for the development of the atomic bomb

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Oppenheimer

48
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what was the first country to be invaded to start wwll? date?

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Poland, sep 1, 1939

49
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what new tactic was used by the Germans to invade the Netherlands

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blitzkrieg

50
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how was the battle of Britain fought

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primarily fought in the air

51
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what port were 400,000 French, British, and Belgian troops trying to escape out of the advancing Germans

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Dunkirk

52
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what was the battle that lasted over 891 days

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siege

53
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what battle in Russia was considered the turning point of the war in the Europe

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Stalingrad

54
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what naval battle was considered the turning point of the war in the pacific

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midway

55
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in German city did hitler make his lasted stand

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Munich

56
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who said “ all I fear is we have awakened a sleeping giant”

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Yamamoto

57
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who said “the buck stop here”

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Truman

58
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who said “i have become death …… destroyer of all world”

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Oppenheimer

59
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who said “ oh my god what have i done “

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tippes

60
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who said “ December 7, 1941…… a date which live in infamy”

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Roosvelt

61
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who said “ Germany wants is a little living space”

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Hitler

62
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sep 1,1939

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war world two stared

63
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may 8, 1945

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D-V day victory in Europe

64
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aug 15, 1945

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V-J day

65
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dec 7, 1941

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attack on Peral harbor

66
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aug 6,1945

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atomic bomb drop over Hiroshima

67
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june 6,1944

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D-day

68
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aug 9, 1945

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atomic bomb drop over Nagasaki

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