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Final Solution

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Nazi Genecide

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Wannsee Conference

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Met up to discus plan for final solution - led by J. Heydrich

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Gestapo

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German Secret Police

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J. Goebbels

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Head of Propoganda - committed suicide

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R. Heydrich

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Head of Gestapo - led Wannsee Conference - Shot By Czech Resistance

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H. Himmler

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Head of SS - Responsible For Final Solution - committed suicide before brought to trial

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J. Mengele

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“Dr. Death” Dr. In Prison Camps - horrible experiments - found dead in pool in Brazil

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What were the 3 types of experiments and examples of them.

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  1. Build Military - High Altitude Experiments
  2. Medical/Medicines - Bone Grafting
  3. Prove Nazi Superior Race - Sewed 2 Twins Together & Also to show if body can be unnaturally changed
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The SA

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Storm Troopers - “Brown Shirts” Members of a Special Branch in the Nazi Party

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SS

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Protection Squad - Hitler’s Personal Body Guards Under Himmler

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Yiddish

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Language of German & Hebrew

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Herman Goreing

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Head of Luftwaffe - Took Poison Before Executed

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Adolf Eichmann

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Took over after Heydrich - Head of Gestapo - Handled Transportation of Jews - Flees to Argentina (Captured by Israli Secret Police, Executed in 1961

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Yalta Conferencence

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Feb 1945 - Big 3 (USSR, Britain, USA) - FDR, Churchill, Stalin - In Ukraine, Soviets want spheres of influence

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Potsdam Conference

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July 1945 - Stalin, Churchill (Clement Attlee), Truman - Met to plan post war peace

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Manhattan Project

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Atomic Bomb - Gadget (test in NM), Little Boy (Hiroshima - Aug 6 ‘45), Fat Man (Nagasaka - Aug 9 ‘45)

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Main Builders/Scientists in Atomic Bomb

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Robert Oppenheimer - Main Scientist
General Grove - Military Engineer Officer

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What Was Going On With Berlin Germany?

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Berlin, Germany was split between the 4 Allies - USSR, France, Britain, USA

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Japan Surrenders —date?

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Sept 2, 1945

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VJ Day

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Victory In Japan - Aug 15, 1945

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VE Day

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Victory in Europe - May 8, 1945

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Tokyo Trials -

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Emperor Hirohito lived but Tojo sentenced to death

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Pilot That Dropped Atomic Bomb

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Paul Tibbets

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Ship That Carried Atomic Bomb

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USS Indianapolis

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