Ww2 Flashcards

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Hitler

A

Mass murduring maniac

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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
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Upgrades

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

19
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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
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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
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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
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Strategic warfare

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Germans sent thousands of refugees west

25
France is saved again
In August allied troops landed in the south of France to little resistance
26
Allies invade Sicily
Allied forces land in Sicily
27
Pacific theater
Japan is being pushed away from their territories