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major cause of WW2

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treaty of versailles, world wide great depression

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allegiances

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axis powers and allied powers

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FDR

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¨day of infamy¨

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Churchill

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¨never surrender¨

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Neutrality Act -

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the provide written documentation of US intent to stay out or foreign

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Kristallnact

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Assassination in France that led to rioting against Jews throughout occupied Europe

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Nuremberg Laws

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series of laws by Nazis to strip Jews of right (wearing star of David)

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reasons for Pearl Harbor

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A) destroy US pacific fleet / B) weaken US war resolve

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ID

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A) Marshall - Chief of staff: all decisions went through him / B) Eisenhower - Lead in Africa: Supreme Court in Europe / C) Patton - Italy : Precipitation in D-Day / D) MacArthur Supreme Commander military: Pacific / E) Nimitz - Supreme Commander Naval/Pacific

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Battles

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A) D-Day, June 6th, 1944 - Invasion of Normandy - opening of 2nd front in France / B) Battle of Bulge - months long battle - Hitlers last ditch attempt at breaking Allied Advance

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Manhattan Project

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(code name) Project for the development of Atomic Bomb

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Oppenheimer

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Lead scientist on Manhattan Project

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Einstien

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Splitting atomic power behind bomb

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Operational Names

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Operation Overlord - D-Day invasion of N. Africa Normandy, June 6, 1944

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Operation Torch

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Invasion

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US position at start of WW2

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neutral at the start of WW2

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WW2 Important Dates

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Dec 7th 1941 - Pearl Harbor
June 6th 1944 - D-Day - invasion of Normandy
Sept 3rd, 1939 - official start of WW2 (invasion of Poland)
May 8th, 1945 - Victory in Europe Day
Aug 14, 1945 - Victory in Japan
Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshami
Aug 9, 1945 - Nagasaki

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Appeasement

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P.M Chamberlian, policy of giving into Hitler’s Demand

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1933

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Recognition of USSR

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Final Solution

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developed by Eichman used to exterminate Jews of Europe

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Extermination Camps

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Located in Poland Sobibar, Chelmno, Belzec, Treblinka, Majanek, Auschwitz - Birkenau

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Results of Pearl Harbor

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declaration of war on Axis Powers

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ID

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a) Casablanca - unconditional surrender / b) Yalta - Division of Germany, elections in Europe / c) Potsdam - Surrenders trials post war japan

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San Francisco

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Setup of UN

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Battles in the Pacific

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A) Okinawa - increasing bloody battles in pacific
B) Iwo Jima - famous flag raising on Mount SuriBachi (after pearl harbor)

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Victory´s

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A) victory in europe day - may 8th, 1945 - germany / b) victory in japan day - aug 14, 1945 - japan / c) hiroshima - 1st atomic bomb (enola gay) - aug 6, 1945 / d) nagasaki - 2nd - bockscar - aug 9, 1945

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trial names

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a) nuremberg trials - trials of top nazis / b) tokoyo war crime trials - trial of top japanese

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allied powers

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US (FDR and Harry Truman), GB (Chamberlain and Churchill), USSR (Stalin)

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smaller allied leaders

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Free France (General Charles De Gaulle), Austria (Schuschnigg), Czech (Hacha)

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axis powers

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germany (hitler), italy (mussolini), japan (Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minuster Hideki Tojo)

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smaller axis nations

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Spain (Francisco Franco), French (Henri Petain (Nazi/Vichy)

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totalitarianism

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def. a political theory where the people are subordinate to state or central government

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fascism

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def. a political theory where the people are subordinate to state or central government ; controlled by a dictator (italy and spain)

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nazism

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def. policy of race/religion hatred

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communism

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def. policy of FORCED equality

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militarism - (ex. ussr)

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def. sometimes a dictator emphasis on Armed Forces (japan)

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what did japan invade?

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Manchuria

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what did italy invade

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Ethiopia

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Jeanette Rankin

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only one to vote against declaration

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Internment Groups

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Issei

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direct immigrants from japan

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nisei

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General George Marshal

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Get Germany First

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Rosie the Riveter

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General George Marshal wanted to bring woman in the fold, woman were then segregated in Army Units

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War Board

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Office of War Mobilization and Office of Price Administration

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North Africa

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Invasion Operation Torch, Afrika Korps: Led by Rommel German Desert Soldiers

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