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Winston Churchill

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Prime minister of UK during WWll

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Charles de Gaulle

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Leader of French government in exile. Led free France against Nazi’s in WWll

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Dwight Eisenhower

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The 34th president of the United States (during WWII)

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Hirohito

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Japanese emperor during WWII

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Adolf Hitler

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Leader of the Nazi party, Fuhrer of Germany

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Douglas MacArthur

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General of the US army during WWII

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Benito Mussolini

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The italian politician who led the fascist party

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Responsible for the research/design of the atomic bomb

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Erwin Rommel

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German general who won many African battles. Nicknamed the “Desert Fox”

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Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)

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32nd president of the United States, created the new deal policies

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Josef Stalin

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Leader of the USSR

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Paul TIbbets

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Pilot who dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan

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Hideki Tojo

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The leader of the Japanese Imperial Army (the ones that took over the Japanese government kinda)

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Harry Truman

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33rd president of the United States

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Isoruko Yamamoto

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Started the Pearl Harbor attack

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Fascism

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Extreme authoritarianism and nationalism

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Nazism

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The political party led by Hitler that instigated WWII, and was responsible for the Holocaust

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Mein Kampf

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German for “My Struggle” Hitler’s part autobiography and part political treatise (written work)

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Appeasement

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Think about what happened in Europe when the Nazi party was allowed to take land, “we’ll give you this land if you don’t invade us”

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Axis Powers

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The three biggest Axis powers were Germany(led by hitler), Italy(led by Mussolini), and Japan(led by the military)

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Isolationism

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Remaining Neutral during foreign affairs

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Third Reich

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The Nazi empire

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Munich Conference

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When the European countries allowed Nazi Germany to take the border regions of Czechoslovakia

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Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact

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A pact signed prior to WWII between Russia and Germany to not make any military advancements against each other

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Blitzkrieg

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A surprise attack intended to ensure a swift victory

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Nagasaki

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The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan

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Hiroshima

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The first atomic bomb dropped on Japan

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Luftwaffe

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The Nazi air force

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Pearl Harbor

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A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan intended to destroy the majority of the American fleet

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Aryan

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Nazis used this term to describe a person of, “Pure German Blood”

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Holocaust (Know the 3 Stages)

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  1. Social Isolation
  2. Forced Isolation
  3. Final Solution
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Kristallnacht

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“Night of the Broken Glass” 11/9/1938. Organized destruction of Jewish property, over 100 Jews were killed.

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Ghetto

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Poorly built/managed “cities” that Jews were forced to move into

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Final Solution

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A euphemism for the massacre of millions of Jews, death camps that used “showers” full of poisonous gas that would kill mass amounts of Jews at a time

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Genocide

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The mass murder of a certain type of people, like the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust

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D-Day

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The Allied invasion of Normandy, the largest invasion force in human history

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Kamikaze

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A tactic used primarily by the Japanese in WWII which involved crashing your plane into ships, effectively killing yourself whilst injuring the ship

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Manhattan Project

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The building of the atomic bombs

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Swastika

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The symbol used by the Nazis to represent their political party, it is the Hebrew sign for peace

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Enola Gay

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The name of the plane used to drop the first atomic bomb

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Fuhrer

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German for leader

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Nuremberg Trials

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The trials held by the ALlies after WWII to punish the representatives of the Axis powers

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Why did appeasement fail 5 times?

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Hitler kept on taking more and more land

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Why was appeasement tried by the Allies?

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To try to keep Germany from invading their countries, they didn’t want another WWI

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What was the first occasion of appeasement tried by the Allies and when did it happen

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Hitler announces that he will no longer follow the Treaty of Versailles - March 1935

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What was the second occasion of appeasement tried by the Allies and when did it happen?

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Hitler is allowed to take Rhineland - March 1936

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What was the third occasion of appeasement tried by the allies and when did it happen?

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The Anschluss is allowed to occur (the uniting of Austria with Germany) - March 1938

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What was the fourth occasion of appeasement tried by the allies and when did it happen?

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Hitler is allowed to take the Sudetenland - September 1938

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What was the fifth occasion of appeasement tried by the allies and when did it happen?

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Hitler is allowed to take all of Czechoslovakia - March 1939

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What was the sixth occasion of appeasement tried by the allies and when did it happen?

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Germany invades Poland - September 1939

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What were the three countries ruled by fascist dictators by the end of the 1930s

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Spain, Italy, and Germany

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The earliest incident leading up to WWll in Asia was Japan invading ________, A region of China

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Manchuria

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These two world leaders that signed a non-aggression pact one week before the invasion of Poland that started WWll (hint: they secretly divided Poland among themselves)

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USSR and Germany

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What were the 3 factors that kept countries from challenging the expanding Axis empires?

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A global depression, Memories of WWl, and the belief in isolationism

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What happened at the Munich Conference of 1938? Did Hitler keep his promise?

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Great Britain and France allowed Hitler to take Czechoslovakia. In return, Hitler would not take any more land.

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What were the three major Axis Powers in WWll?

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Germany, Japan, Italy

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Why did the Maginot Line fail and what was it?

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A border that France and Germany made to not allow German invasion. It failed because Germany had advanced armored vehicles to pass it.

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D-Day refers to invading whom?

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France was invaded by the allies.

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What was the German war strategy used in WWll to overwhelm the enemy?

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Blitzkrieg, or “Lightning War”. The Nazis would overwhelm their enemy with frequent bombings and heavy artillery.

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What battle is considered the major turning point in the war against Japan in the Pacific?

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The Battle of Midway

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Around how many Jews were put to death as a result of Hitler’s Final Solution?

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6 million

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What Battle was Hitler’s last major offensive in Europe? Was it successful?

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The Battle of the Bulge, and it was not successful

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What were the 3 blunders of Adolf Hitler during WWll?

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Declaring war on the USA, Invasion of Russia, and Putting so many resources into the extermination of the Jews

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Which country saw the largest number of Jews killed in the Holocaust?

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Poland

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At which location did Operation Overload meet the most resistance by the Germans? What was the code name of the beach? (hint: over 2,000 Americans were killed here)

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Omaha Beach

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Which cities were sites of atomic explosions?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What country saw the most casualties during WWll?

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The USSR

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What organization was created after WWll to prevent another war from starting? It included both USA and USSR.

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The United Nations

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What battle cost the USSR over one million soldiers and it put the Germans on the defensive on the Russian front?

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Battle of Stalingrad, Jul 17, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943

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(Paragraph Question) Why is the updated political spectrum is better than the original version?

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The old Political spectrum consisted of just a left wing (Communism) and a right wing (Fascism). This political spectrum did not express all political views, while the new spectrum, which added Authority and Liberty, gives a wider range of political views. (Put in your own words)

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WWII Battle Map Key (Use your battle map)

Copy + Paste Link:

https://sgs-austin.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/679/download/download_8021395.pdf

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A = Battle of El Alamein, Allied
B = Battle of Tobuk, Axis
C = Battle of Leningrad, Allied
D = Battle of Berlin, Allied
E = Auschwitz (Camp)
AB = Battle of Stalingrad, Allied
BC = Dunkirk Evacuated, Axis
DE = D-Day Invasion, Allied
ABC = Battle of the Bulge
AC = Neutral Turkey, no battle
AD = Monte Casino, Allied

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