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WW2 Flashcards

1
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What year did WW2 start and end?

A

1939-1945

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2
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What were the causes of WW2?

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Treaty of Versailles, Economic Depression, Failure of Appeasement, Militarism of Germany and Japan, Failure of League of Nations

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3
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Prime Minister of Britain during the start of WW2.

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Neville Chamberlain

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4
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First Countries to declare war.

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United Kingdom and France

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5
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What was the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan called?

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Axis Powers

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6
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German-Soviet pact that Germany broke by invading Russia.

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

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7
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Codename of the Axis Invasion of Soviet Union.

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Operation Barbarossa

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8
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Battles in which the Red Army defeated Germany.

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Battle of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk

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9
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Known in code as “Operation overlord”

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Battle of Normandy

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10
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This country is where Normandy took place.

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France

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11
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Year when Mussolini was removed from power.

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1943

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12
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Name of the plane that carried the Hiroshima Bomb.

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Enola Gay

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13
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Ordered the signing of Germany’s surrender.

A

Karl Donitz

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14
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Month when Hitler committed suicide.

A

April 1945

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15
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Name of the Nazi Trials.

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Nuremberg Trials

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16
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End of WW2

A

September 2, 1945

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17
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The day allied forces invaded occupied France. (Give the date)

A

D-Day (June 6, 1944)

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18
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Country that Japan invaded in 1937.

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China

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19
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The army which overthrew Berlin.

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Russia

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20
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Name of an Jewish girl whose diaries were published after the war.

A

Anne Frank

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21
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Housed one Germany for every 10 Civilian.

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Norway

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22
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Front where Germany suffered most of its lossed.

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Eastern Front

23
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First era-modern fighter to be used by the British Airforce during the war.

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Hurricane

24
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British invasion of Iceland.

A

Operation Fork

25
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Countries that Russia invaded during the war.

A

Poland & Finland

26
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People who survived both atomic bombs.

A

Hibakusha

27
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Surprise aerial attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

28
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When did the Pearl Harbor attack happen?

A

December 7, 1941

29
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An act to provide for the national defense of the Philippines.

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National Defense Act or Commonwealth Act No. 1

30
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What is USAFFE?

A

United States Army Forces in the Far East.

31
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Pagpapalakad sa mga sundalong Pilipino at Amerikano mula Mariveles, Bataan hanggang San Fernando, Pampanga.

A

Bataan Death March

32
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When did the Battle of Midway happen?

A

June 3, 1942

33
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WW2 Naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft.

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Battle of Midway

34
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When did the battle of Philippine Sea happen?

A

June 19, 1944

35
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Naval battle between Japanese combined fleet and the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

A

Battle of the Philippine Sea

36
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Decisive air and sea battle of WW2 that crippled the Japanese combined fleet.

A

Battle of Leyte Gulf

37
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WW2 Battle fought between U.S. and Japanese Forces on Okinawa.

A

Battle of Okinawa

38
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U.S. General who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in WW2, administered post-war Japan during the allied occupation that followed.

A

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

39
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Prime Minister of Britain during WW2.

A

Winston Churchill

40
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Emperor of japan

A

Hirohito

41
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Chancellor and self-proclaimed Fuhrer (leader) of Germany.

A

Adolf Hitler

42
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Navy Admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A

Yamamoto Isoroku

43
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Fascist Prime Minister and dictator who ruled Italy.

A

Benito Mussolini

44
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32nd President who led the country in WW2.

A

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

45
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General Secretary of the Communist Party.

A

Joseph Stalin

46
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Authoritarian, Ultranationalist Political Ideology.

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Fascism

47
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Failed Coup d’ etat by Nazi Party.

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Beer Hall Putsch / Munich Putsch

48
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German word meaning “lightning war”, was Germany’s strategy.

A

Blitzkrieg

49
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Agreement by Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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Tripartite Act

50
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Top-secret program to make the first atomic bombs.

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Manhattan Project

51
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Genocide of Jews during WW2

A

Holocaust

52
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Japanese pilots who made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets.

A

Kamikaze

53
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Series of Battle tanks fielded by the German Army.

A

Panzer

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