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ww2 Flashcards

1
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Manchuria

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North china

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Holocaust

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Hitler killed Jews and sent them to concentration camps

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blitzkrieg

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German word meaning lightening war

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FDR

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president during WW2

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Harry S. Truman

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became 33rd president of the US after Roosevelts death in 1945 and was elected in 1948;authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan

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totalitarian

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when the government controlled all aspects of peoples lives

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fascist

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state controlled economic affairs

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Good neighbor policy

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tried to increase trade in Latin america

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operation overlord(D-Day)

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invasion or Normandy(N. France)

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Attack on Pearl Harbour

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Japan attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941 or the us into the war

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Axis

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alliance of Italy Germany and japan

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Allied Powers

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alliance or Britain France and Russia (also US, France, Soviet Union)

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Adolph Hitler

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Nazi Dictator during WW2

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Benito Mussolini

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Italian fascist dictator

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Joseph Stalin

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Communist dictator of Soviet Union

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General Tojo

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prime minister and mastermind of Japanese military

17
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Nazi party

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Adolph Hitler’s party

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Potsdam declaration

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warned Japanese about the atomic bomb

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Tuskegee Airmen

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African American fighter group who never lost a fighter plane

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Navajo code talkers

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allowed us Marines to send secret messages without fear of interception

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atrocity

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wicked or cruel act

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batataan death march

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made prisoners walk 65 miles with little to no food and water

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Kormatsu vs US

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Ruled in favor of the Japanese;Japanese Americans received compensation from the government for their relocation and loss of possesions

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Grumman corp

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made many of the fighter planes for WW2

25
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appeasement

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allowing other countries to become imperialistic

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aggression

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Australia and Czechoslovakia

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V-E Day

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day the allies celebrated victory in europe May 8th 1945

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V-J day

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Japan surrendered to the allies , august 14th 1945; formal suurender took place September 2nd 1945 formally ending the war

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Island hopping

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attempt to capture japanese held islands goal to regain the phillipeans and invade japan

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2 theatres of war

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Europe , north Africa and the pacific

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homefront

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people who stay in the US and work while the troops are at war

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executive order 9066

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sent Japanese Americans to internment camps because they thought they were Japanese spies.

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liberty bonds

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to help pay for the war

34
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turning pt in europe

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batte of stalingrad

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