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WW2 Pt2 Flashcards

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Winston Churchill

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British Prime Minister

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ULTRA

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Britain method of decoding German messages

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RADAR

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Radio detecting & ranging

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Wendell L. Willkie

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Republican nominee 1940

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Conscription law

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FDR past, WW2 draft

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The Destroyer Deal

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FDR transferred 50 destroyers to Britain, Britain granted use of 8 naval bases

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Lend-Lease Plan

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US to lend/lease war supplies to Britain & others

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Operation Barbarossa

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Operation by Hitler to invade Russia, backfired

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Greer, kearny, Reuban James

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German subs that attacked US

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Japanese, Italy

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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

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Axis powers aimed to establish domination of the east, aimed to seize French & Dutch colonies, British colonies & China

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Burma Road

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Allied supply route to China, sealed off by Axis powers

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General Hideki Tojo

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Led warlike government in Japan

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Battle of the Atlantic

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Confronting German subs, exercised use of RADAR & SONAR

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North Africa

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Attempted to seize by German and Italian forces

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General Erwin Rommel

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Commanded German & Italian forces in North Africa & D-Day

17
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El Alamein

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Where Rommel reached in Egypt with troops

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General Bernard Montgomery

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Led attack by British against Germans in North Africa

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Vichy-French lands

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Nazi controlled lands aimed to be seized by US, success

20
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May 1943

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Final Axis surrender of Africa

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General James B. Doolittle

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Led raid on Tokyo by the Allies, did little real damage

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Battle of Coral Sea

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May 1942, naval battle, tactical victory for Japan, strategic victory for US

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Battle of the Midway

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June 1942, Japanese goal to control Midway Island, US victory, balance of naval power in Pacific shifted to the US

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Admiral Yanamoto

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Japanese admiral during Battle of Midway

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Admiral Nimitz

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Led Pacific Fleet in Battle of the Midway for US

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Battle for Guadalcanal

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1942, invaded by Allies to take island from Japan

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Shoestring

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Allied attack on Guadalcanal

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Battle of Savo Island

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Japan tried sinking ships protecting US supply lines, US victory

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Allies invaded Italy

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1943, Mussolini overthrown

30
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Bombing of Germany

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British saturation bombing, US pinpoint bombing, slow process, high casualties

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Dresden, Germany

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Cultural central city destroyed by firebombers Feb 1945

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D-Day

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Via English Channel, June 1944, mislead Hitler’s intel system & biggest ally victory

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Led ally operation of D-Day

34
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Calais

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Where Nazis believed allies would attack from on D-Day

35
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Normandy

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Where Allies attacked from on D-Day

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