Ww2 Flashcards

1
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Hitler

A

Mass murduring maniac

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2
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Mussolini

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Totes besties with hitlor

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3
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The white death( simo häyhä)

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Best sniper ever

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4
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Stubby

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He was the first dog to have a rank in us armed forces

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5
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Asian Holocaust

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Bloodier than the original holocaust.

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6
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Manhattan Project

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Manhattan project began in 1938, when German scientist discovered nuclear fission

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7
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Treaty of versaillies

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Started ww2

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8
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Winter war

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Soviet Union invades Finland

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9
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Avoiding a Second World War

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Britain and France wanted to avoid a repeat of the First World War

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10
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America joined the war

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After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor America joined the war

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11
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Soviet failure

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The winter war should have been an easy victory but instead it was a humiliating struggle

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12
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Belgium

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The allies had wanted to place troops in Belgium

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13
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Pearl Harbor failed

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It seemed like a big Japanese victory, but they didn’t attack any of the naval repair yards, fuel storage tanks, or the submarine base

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14
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Soviet Union uses German tactics

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Soviets start reclaiming all of their land to the west

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15
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Ghost army

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Allies mad inflated balloons that resembled military vehicles

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16
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D day

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Allied ships fired a huge number of shells at the German fortifications

17
Q

European front

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Hitler was getting desperate & tried to blitz the allies through Belgium again

18
Q

Upgrades

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Thought the war,the allies had to come up with better tech to fight the u boats

19
Q

Japan surrenders

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Japan surrendered to the allies. It was a power move to show that the emperor wasn’t the divine figure people thought he was

20
Q

Mussolini’s time to shine

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He thought now it was Italy’s time to shine then he tried to take Egypt and that went badly

21
Q

Occupied civilians

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In Europe the natzis were rounding up ethnic minorities. Millions of Jewish people would suffer through the terrible events of the holocaust

22
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Winston Churchill shows his ability as a strategist

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The luftwaffe sent one massive all out attack on London and the uk successfully repelled it

23
Q

Uk

A

Uk ask the FDR to join the war and they said no

24
Q

Strategic warfare

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Germans sent thousands of refugees west

25
Q

France is saved again

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In August allied troops landed in the south of France to little resistance

26
Q

Allies invade Sicily

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Allied forces land in Sicily

27
Q

Pacific theater

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Japan is being pushed away from their territories