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1
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List 2 German POW camps in Arkansas

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Camp Robinson and Camp Chaffee

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Describe 4 causes of WW2

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Hitler- he vowed to defy the treaty of Versailles
Expansion- Germany,Italy and Japan started expanding their empires by taking over neighboring states
Appeasement - meeting demands of a hostile power to avoid war
Treaty of Versailles - many Germans resented the treaty

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List 3 advantages of offices of scientific research and development

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Manhattan project (atomic bomb)
Improved radar and sonar
Penicillin

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Served in North Africa and France

Awarded the congressional award for his service

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Maurice “footsie” Britt

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Helped create the army Rangers

Used special tactics to surprise enemy troops

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William Darby

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One of the most decorated fighter pilot

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Paul Douglas

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Shot down more than 20 enemy aircrafts during WW2

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Pierce mCennon

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Served as a Tuskegee airman

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Woodrow Crokett

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9
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Should we have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?

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2 pros

Ended the war
Didn’t have to invade Japan by land

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Used radar and enigma to hold off Germans

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Battle of Britain

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German was now on the defensive ( moving westward)

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Hitler tries to divide allied troops and allied troop counter attacked and forced German retreat

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Battle of the bulge

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Broke Japanese code and knew of the attack. Allies launch counter attack destroying most Japanese planes still on decks or air craft carriers

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Battle of midway

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Allied troops struggled for every inch of island. Heavily fortified

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Battle of Iwo Jima

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One of the bloodiest land battles of the war. Japanese put up a desperate fight to stop allied advance towards Japan

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Battle of Okinawa

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Largest land-sea-air attack in history. Allied forces fought their way onto 60 mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France

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D-day

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What does appeasement mean?

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To satisfy or relieve

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Meeting between Britain and Germany . Great Britain agreed that Germany could have Sudetenland of hurler promised not to make any further territorial demands in Europe

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Munich conference

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Name for the German Air Force

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What was the name of the Britain Air Force

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RAF or Royal Air Force

21
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Who was on the axis powers?

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Germany- hitter
Italy- Mussolini
Japan- emperor Hirohito

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Who was on the allied powers

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Great Britain- Churchill
United States- FDR
Russia- Stalin

23
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Who did Germany sign a non agrees soon pact with?

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Soviet Union

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Who was the dessert fox? And what side was he on?

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Erwin Rommel

Axis powers

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What was the day we will live in infamy?
December 7 | Pearl Harbor
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List the 2 Japanese internment camps in Arkansas
Jerome and Rohower
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Directed the manufacturer of war time supplies
War production board
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Ordered by president FDR. | Japanese Americans were forced to move to war relocation camps
Executive order 9066
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Commander of allied forces in Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
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Commander of pacific
MacArthur
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What is kamikaze
Japanese suicide planes
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Why was the U.S. Stay isolated (3 things)
- is citizens felt they were dragged into ww1 - citizens felt they should concentrate on domestic problems - congress passed the U.S. From taking sides
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Why did Pearl Harbor happen?
The United States cut off Japan's oil supply because of Japan's aggressiveness in Asia. So Japan retaliated
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What was the strategy was used for Okinawa
Island hopping
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What was the name of the plane that dropped the bombs in Japan
Enola gay
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What two cities were hit by the bombs in Japan
Hiroshima | Nagasaki
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Who were Tuskegee airmen?
African American airmen and were very highly respected
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Forced to march over 50 miles where the Japanese trained their captives to terrible cruelties
Bataan death march
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Nickname for ww2 conflict between US and Japanese troops in the Aleutians islands . Arkansas national guard troops were mobilized and served in this conflict
Williwaw war
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Second wartime conference of the big three. Discussed what to do about the post world war
Valta conference
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Bombed Tokyo and 4 other Japanese cities. Proved the U.S. Was capable of striking back.
Doolittle raid
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What is the blitzkrieg
A German term for lightning war
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What events from ww2 have changed our world and the way of thinking
Pearl Harbor because how we are more conscious of what may happen if we don't join a war. And the two atomic bombs

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