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Anschluss

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Germans annexing Austria

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Rhineland

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German territory that bordered France, Hitler militarized it (first military action)

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appeasement

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giving in to aggressive demands to maintain peace

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Neville chamberlain

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British prime minister, wanted to not block Hitlers way

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Winston Churchill

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British parliament member, thought while everyone was united we should stand up to Hitler

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Nonaggression Pact

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soviets and nazis agreed not to attack eachother

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blitzkrieg

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lightning speed: method of fighting where planes and ground troops fight close together and go through and take over country as fast as possible, destroying everything

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allies

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GB and France (eventually US)

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Battle of Britain

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RAF vs Luftwaffe
Hitler wanted to destroy RAF and take over Britain
Britain wins

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Hideki Tojo

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general making planes and planning Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor

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Dec 7, 1941
why? 
US cut off trade, japs hoped to stop US from coming to Europe 
mistakes:
Japs didn't destroy aircraft carriers 
missed oil fields 
stopped attack too soon 
brought US Into war
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isolationism

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avoid involvement in affairs with other nations

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Erwin Rommel

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led German and Italian force in Africa (afrika Korps)

pushed British out of Libya and back into Egypt

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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American general fought in NA- conquered it

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European Theatre

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fighting in Europe

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pacific theatre

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japan controls but US island hops to take it over

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siege of Leningrad

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900 day siege-deadliest in human history
Germans surround soviets there and starve everyone- but Lagodo river freezes over and soviets can escape and surround Russia and win

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battle of Stalingrad

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deadliest battle-neither side will surrender

barely any German soldiers make it home

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Douglas MacArthur

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American General in Philippines gets sent out when japan takes over
“I shall return”

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Bataan Death March

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phillipinos and some Americans forced to march to prison camp all along coast- many die

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battle of midway

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us wins!
japan loses 4 aircraft carriers
gives base to Americans and begins island hopping

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battle of Guadalcanal

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jungle island- japan fights to death and lots die

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kamikaze

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Japanese suicide pilots that crash into boats

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nazi anti-semitism

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nazis hate Jews ALOT

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scapegoat

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someone to blame for a problems- Jews

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deported

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forced to leave country

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final solution

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deliberate mass execution of all Jews

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ghetto

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confined area within city

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concentration camps

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meant to hold people hitler called enemies of the state-forced to be slaves and starved

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holocaust

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mass murder of Jews-but many other groups died too

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Nuremberg Laws

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Jews lost citizenship

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kristllnacht

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night of broken glass-Jews businesses and places of worship destroyed
German response of diplomat being upset

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D-Day

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June 6, 1944
biggest amphibious assault 
Normandy France 
operation overlord 
allies broke through German forces and took back France
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battle of the bulge

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Hitlers last ditch effort -anyone who could fire a fun fought
put all troops in 1 spot and attack

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V-E day

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victory in Europe

Germany surrenders

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Iwo Jima

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picture- American offensive, staging area for attack on japan, brutal fighting

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Okinawa

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Japan’s final stand
built tunnels
deadliest battle in pacific

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Hiroshima

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August 6, 1945

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Nagasaki

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August 9, 1945

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Harry Truman

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sends ok to bombs going off

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V-J day

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Japan surrenders

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Yalta conference

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allies try to agree on plan for peace

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United Nations

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world organization to prevent war

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Potsdam conference

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details of boundaries
reparations
communists coming to power
atomic bomb

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