WW2 Flashcards by Haley Zinnel | Brainscape

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Stalin

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Soviet Union leader

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Franco

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Spain leader

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Hideki

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Japan leader

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Hitler

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Germany leader

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Mussolini

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Italy leader

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Rhineland

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Germany takes back.

Buffer zone.

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Sudetenland

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Butler takes back.

One or first land taken back.

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Non-aggression pact

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Aug 1939
Pact between hitler and Stalin
Invades Poland

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Blitzkrieg

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Ware emphasizing rapid movement

Germany strategy

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Neutrality Act

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1939.

Keeps US out of future war

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Lend-lease act

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1941

Allows president to help other nations

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Pearl Harbor

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December 7, 1941

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Nuremberg Trails

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Military tribunals held by Allied forces.

Tried Nazis

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Neville Chamberain

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British Prime minister pre war

Munich agreement

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Winston Churchill

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Leader of Britain during and before war.

Powerful speeches.

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FDR

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President 1933-1945.

New deal

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General Tojo Hideki

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Japanese army

Responsible for Pearl Harbor

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General Eisenhower

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President during Cold War (1953-1961)

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Harry S. Truman

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President 1945-1953
A-bomb
Signed Marshall plan

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Invasion of Poland

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Slept. 1, 1939

Hitler invaded Poland

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Maginot line

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Defensive line to keep Germans out

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Dunkirk

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1940 allied forces escaped Germans

Dunkirk to Great Britain

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Battle of Britain

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Hitler bombed England at night
RAF defend during day
“London Blitz” sept 1940-1941

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Stalingrad

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1942-1943.

Germany invades Russia

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D-Day

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June 6, 1944

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Operation overlord

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Code name for battle of Normandy

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V-E day

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Germany surrenders

May 8, 1945

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Battle of Bulge

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Costliest battle

Germany’s last offense

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Halt a conference

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Allied forces discussed post-war reorganization

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Marshall Plan

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Rebuild European economies post WW2

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Kamikazes

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Suicide attacks

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V-J Day

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Japan Surrenders

September 2, 1945