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1
Q

Nazis stormed into Poland and launched what? Also known as what?

A

Blitz Krieg

“the lightening war”

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What was the purpose of Blitz Krieging?

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To Avoid trench warfare like WW1

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What was the German Airforce called? They bombed airfields, factories, towns, and cities.

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Luftwaffe

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4
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How did Germans “‘break the rules of war”?

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Fired upon civilians

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5
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Who invaded who first between Poland and Germany?

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Germans invaded Poland

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6
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Which country pledged to protect Poland if it was invaded?

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Britain

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7
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How many days did it take after the invasion for Britain to declare war on Germany?

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3

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8
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What other country declared war on Germany other than Britain?

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France

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9
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What was the purpose of the attack on the Polish town of Wielan where 12,000 civilians died?
What did the polish army immediately have to do after being attacked?

A

To demoralize the Polish Population

Retreat

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10
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After only one week after invading Poland, German soldiers were on the outskirts of ______?

A

Warsaw

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11
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Why didn’t Britain and France help Poland?

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They were not militarily prepared and were not able to

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12
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Hitler launches

A

Norway and Denmark

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13
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Stalin’s army forced Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to agree to host military based for the soviet military. What did the soviet forces seize that strongly resisted but fell?

A

Finland

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14
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What is the miracle t Dunkirk?

What was this operation called?

A

They send every available vessel and save 3

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15
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After winter, where did everyone think Hitler would invade?

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France

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16
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French hunkered down behind the ___line which was a massive fortification built by the french in the 1930’s.
Some called it the ______?

A

Maginot

“phony war”

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17
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Hitler launches blitzkrieg against _____ and _____? Them they move into the ____ and _____?

A

Norway and Denmark

Netherlands and Belgium

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18
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The Maginot line makes France vulnerable through where?

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Belgium

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19
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How do Germans get into France?

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The Ardennes Forest

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20
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The British in the north were forced to retreat and were trapped in between the ____ and ____?

A

Nazis and the British channel

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21
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What is the miracle to Dunkirk?

What was this operation called?

A

They send every available vessel and save 300,000 troops

Dynamo

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22
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After Dunkirk, German forces moved south toward ____?And ____attacked France from the south? France surrendered.

A

Paris

Italy

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23
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What did Germans force France to do after they surrendered?

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Sign the surrendered document on the same railroad car that Germany signed the armistice to end WW1.

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24
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Germany established a puppet Government in ______?

A

Vichy, France

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25
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Hitler changed his tactics and launched operation ___, the beginning of the invasion of Britain?

A

Sea-lion

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26
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German bombers began a massive daily bombardment of military instillations on English southern coast, but Britain would not ______?

A

surrender

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27
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The London ____began on September 7th and continued for 57 straight nights and sporadically for 9 months.

A

Blitz

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28
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Axis armies were pushing their way into _____ adn the Balkans.

A

North Africa

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29
Q

Mussolini ordered forces from Libya into _____?

British forces fight back so Hitler sends _____, The Desert Fox, to North Africa.

A

Egypt

Erwin Rommel

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30
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Italian and German forces add ____ and ____ to the axis empire. Also ____ and ____ join the axis powers.

A

Greece and Yugoslavia

Bulgaria and Hungary

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31
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After his failure in Britain Hitler nullifies the Nazi Soviet non-aggression pact and invades ___?
What was this invasion plan called?

A

Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa

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32
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As Hitler invaded, the Soviet union retreated and destroyed farm equipment and factories called ____.

A

Siege of Leningrad

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33
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They Nazis made great gains in the Soviet Union by Autumn, but ______ would stall the Germans because they were not prepared.

A

Winter

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34
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What event happened on December 7, 1941?

A

Pearl Harbor

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35
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FDR asked congress to declare war on what nation?

A

Japan

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36
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Who are the “Big Three”, and what do they represent?

A

Winston Churchill-Great Britain
Joseph Stalin- Soviet Union
FDR- United States

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37
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What did the Big three decide to do after Pearl Harbor occurred?

A

Decided on a Europe first strategy

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38
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Defeating the axis powers depended largely on the control of what?

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the seas

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39
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what were the 4 fronts?

A

Eastern front
Atlantic Front (the seas)
North africa
The air

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40
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German had new surface ships with the largest being the _____, the pride of the German fleet.

A

Bismark

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41
Q

Who sank the Bismark?

After it was sunk, what did Germany rely on?

A

Britain

U-boats or submarines

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42
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Which British ship did the Bismark sing?

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HMS Hood

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43
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How much time did the Bismark spend on the high seas during WWll?

A

Less than 7 days

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44
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At first who was winning the battle of the Atlantic?

A

Germany

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45
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What was the first american ship sunk?

A

Reuben James

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46
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How did Americans turn the tide and overcome Germany boats?

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  1. produced ships at amazing rate
  2. formed convoys to protect allied shipping
  3. use of radar and sonar
  4. german code, the enigma, was broken
47
Q

What was the bloodiest battle in history?

Who fought in it?

A

Stalingrad

Soviet Union beat Germans

48
Q

Soviets surrounded German soldiers of the _____ and they were forced to surrender

A

Sixth Army

49
Q

How many casualties were at the battle of Stalingrad?

A

2 million

50
Q

Who fought in the battle for North Africa?

A

British and Italians

51
Q

FDR’s plan for america to start fighting in North Africa?

A

Operation Torch

52
Q

Who was the commander for the operation torch?

A

Lieutenant Dwight Eisenhower

53
Q

Where did operation torch call for american forces to invade?

A

Morocco

Algeria

54
Q

After invading North Africa, the allied nations agreed to cross the ____ sea and knock the ____ out of the war?

Where did they invade first?

A

Mediterranean
Italians
Island of Sicily

55
Q

What happened to Bonito Mussolini on April 28, 1945?

A

Russians saw him, he was executed, and hung upside down

56
Q

The allied invasion into Italy stalls near a ____and allies respond by landing a large force at a seafront resort called _____

A

Rome

Anzio

57
Q

Resources were being prepared for an invasion of France. They invasion was called operation _____?

A

overlord

58
Q

Pearl Harbor was initially a success for who?

A

Japan

59
Q

At Pearl Harbor american forces were driven out of _______ and ______ in late 1941.

Japan captured ______ and ________ and _______.
This helps them gain much needed _______.

A

Wake Island Guam

Hong Kong Singapore Burma

oil reserves

60
Q

After pearl harbor japan wanted ______ which general _______ commanded a small force of Americans who lost.

A

Philippines

MacArthur

61
Q

As japan gained ground in the Philippines MacArthur ordered a retreat to _______. What happened there ?

A

Bataan Peninsula

Needed supplies and reinforcements but Henry Stimson just said “there are times when men have to die”

62
Q

in march of 1942, FDR ordered MacArthur to leave his men on Bataan and go to ________. What did he pledge?

A

Australia

He shall Return

63
Q

After they surrender at Bataan, the Japanese force the starving and sick soldiers to march through the forest of Bataan for ____ days and nights

A

5

64
Q

The surviving soldiers of the march through Bataan were put into _____

A

prison camps

65
Q

What was the march through Bataan called and how many American and Filipino soldiers died?

A

Bataan death march

10,000

66
Q

What happened to Sargent Wally Kinder?

A

He was executed

67
Q

What did the Americans do to get back at Japan for Pearl Harbor?

A

Doolittle Raid

68
Q

Who led the Doolittle raids?

A

James Doolittle

William Halsey

69
Q

In Doolittle raids what was their main target and why?

A

Tokyo

it was the capital

70
Q

How many raiders lost their lives in the Doolittle raid?

A

11

71
Q

What battle featured aircraft carriers?

Us admiral ______ sent how many aircraft carriers on the attack?

A

Battle of Coral Sea
Chester
2

72
Q

Did we stop the Japanese at the battle of coral sea?

A

yes

73
Q

Which battle did the Japanese tend to lure the Americans into a large sea battle?
Why did it not work?

A

Battle of Midway

the Americans cracked the Japanese codes finding out the attack was coming

74
Q

Why was the battle of Midway a new kind of sea battle?

A

they never directly faced each other

75
Q

How many destroyers did the US lose in the battle of midway?

A

1

yorktown

76
Q

How many aircraft carriers did Japan lose at the battle of midway?

A

4

77
Q

How many heavy cruisers did Japan lose at the battle of midway?

A

2

78
Q

How many destroyers did Japan lose at the battle of midway?

A

3

79
Q

What was MacArthur’s plan offensively?
The first step was from the ____ islands.
The goal was to captured the _____ islands.

A

island hop
Soloman
Guadalcanal

80
Q

The United States win when island hopping. Now the _____ can be won over.

A

Philippines

81
Q

First ,major attack to get to the Philippines was at _____. This was the largest naval battle ever fought. How many ships took part.

A

Leyte Golf

300

82
Q

During the Leyte Golf, Japan introduced what attacks?

A

Kamikaze

83
Q

Beginning in late 1944, the massive American ____ bombers began bombing Japan regularly. Soon admiral Chester Nimitz would ______

A

B29

Quarantine Japan

84
Q

What did the allies want to capture that would provide for a better base for air raids on Tokyo? Where did they capture it?

A

Iwo Jima

Mount Sirubachi

85
Q

What did Americans want to capture that would be the launching pad for the final invasion of Japan?

A

Okinawa

86
Q

Where did allied troops attack from at the battle of Okinawa?

A

Caves and Tunnels

87
Q

How long would it take to defeat Japan after Germany surrendered?

A

18 months

88
Q

After American victories in ______ and ______ Japan was not ready to surrender

A

Iwo Jima

Okinawa

89
Q

Who was the president in 1945?

A

Truman

90
Q

What was Truman’s options to end the war?

A

Full invasion of main Japan islands
Negotiate for peace
Manhattan Project

91
Q

If the Allies decided to invade…Where would they invade first?

A

Southernmost Island of Japan and Honshu

92
Q

Why did the Manhattan project happen?

A

Einstein wrote a famous letter urging FDR to do so

93
Q

What was the Manhattan Project?

A

Secret Plan to develop an atomic bomb

94
Q

How much money did it take to develop the atomic bomb?

A

2 billion

95
Q

Where was the atomic bomb successfully tested in 1945 July 16?

A

A remote desert in New Mexico

96
Q

What did Truman form to give him recommendation on what to do with the atomic bomb?

A

S-1 Committee

97
Q

What did the S-1 committee recommend Truman do?

A

drop bomb on Japanese city without warning

98
Q

On August 6, 1945, weather conditions dictated the target to be what city?

A

Hiroshima

99
Q

A B-29 bomber called the _____ dropped the bomb. What was the bombs nickname?

A

Enola Gay

Little Boy

100
Q

On August 8, 1945, ____ declared war on____ that opened a two front war?

A

Soviet Union

Japan

101
Q

On August 9, 1945, the US dropped a second bomb on what city?
What was the planes nickname?
What was the bombs nickname?

A

Nagasaki
Box Car
Fat Man

102
Q

On August 14, 1945, How did Hirohito surrender?

A

Over radio

people heard his voice for the first time

103
Q

On September 2, 1945, the Japanese signed a formal surrender that ended WWll. On the docks of US battleship _____.

A

Missouri

104
Q

Why do people think the bomb was needed to end WWll?

A
  1. The Japanese would not surrender cause they would fight to the death.
  2. Cannot waist a bomb on a demonstration.
  3. Invasion of Japan would have killed more people than the bomb did.
105
Q

Why do people believe the bomb was not needed to end the war?

A
  1. 60 Japanese cities had already been destroyed
  2. US did not give enough time before bombing Nagasaki.
  3. They think the bomb was used to justify the 2 billion dollars.
106
Q

Hitler targeted almost almost anyone who was not a ___________

A

Pure german

107
Q

Jews lost their ________ and right to _______.

A

Citizenship

Marry non jews

108
Q

Jews were forced to wear _______ or they would be _______.

A

Star

Arrested

109
Q

Jews were forced to live in ___________ which were overcrowded and didn’t have enough food

A

Ghettos

110
Q

What was the largest concentration camp ?

A

Auschwitz

111
Q

Dead bodies were burned in ____________.

A

Crematoriums

112
Q

The holocaust is also called the ___________.

A

Sho’ah

113
Q

In the end of the holocaust ……

How many people died?
How many of those people were jews?

A

12 million

6 million

114
Q

What would nazis so if the town was small?

A

Round the jews up in fields and kill them

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