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1
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start to finish years?
Us involvement?

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1939- 1945

US: dec 7 1941-1945

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4 parts of the treaty of versailles

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1) germany looses its empire
2) germany looses its military
* can keep 100,000 many army
3) must pay the allies $33 billion in damages; causes severe economic depression
4) war guilt clause; take full blame

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2 things hitler promised

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get them out of the depression

make them a world power

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3 allie’s, 3 axis + their leaders

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allies
1) soviet union- stallin
2) Britain- churchill
3) US- fdr

axis

1) germany- hitler
2) italy- mussolini
3) japan- hirohito

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what is mein kampf, what quote was taken out of it that showed hitters plan for world domination

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hitlers autobiography: blueprint for future

“those who want to fight, let them fight. those who do not want to fight, do not deserve to live”

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why did germany need to fight

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had been cheated out of territory by the treaty of versailles

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hitlers 2 reasons why germany needs to fight

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more living space

not all german speaking people are under the German flag

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where did hitler feel the vast amount of territory should come from

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poland and russia

expanding east

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how big of an army was germany allowed to have

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100,000 men

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why must germanys rearmament be kept a secret

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did not want to anger allie’s. was not allowed.

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how did hitler build an army and still obey the treaty.

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built up the reserves

called the SS “police officers”

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where did hitler get money to raise his army

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wealthy german industrialists

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where is rhineland located? why did germany want it so badly?

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between france and germany

germans lived there but france owned it. if germans live there, they should own it.

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when hitler took over rhineland, what did he say his intentions were to the rest of the world.

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Germany will never break peace.

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15
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we’re hitlers actions in violation of the treaty of versailles

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yes

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16
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what did france and england do to germany? why not?

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nothing

memories from WW1 are still fresh

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what did hitler admit would have happened if england and france had gone to war

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he would have lost

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could hitler have been stopped before the outbreak of the war? IMO.

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yes. he would have lost if england and france went to war.

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why did hitler want austria

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he was born there

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how many people died when hitler took austria

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0

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what happened to the jews in austria

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jailed or sent to concentration camps

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how many people came under german file without firing a shot

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7 million

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who was the prime minister of england at this time

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chamberlaind

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what piece of land did hitler assure chaimberland would be his last.

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sudetenland

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what did each side get in the munich agreement

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germany got sudetenland

england got peace

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what does appeasement mean

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to give in to an aggressor to keep the peace

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27
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what happens to the country of czechoslovakia

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it falls

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what was the nazi soviet pact

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they are not going to fight each other for 10 years

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what country was invaded first to start WW11? what was the year?

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poland

1939

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understanding proaganda

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scapegoat: blame others
*jews we’re blamed for all problems
control the media: only let people hear what they want to hear

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31
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facism

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fascism=extremism

1)extreme nationalism- country is the best
*nation is greater than the individual
2)extreme militarism- warlike
*soldier/warrior is greater than the civilian
3)extreme racism- predujdice
4)extreme imperialism- empire seekers
*goal is to conquer the world
5) almost cult like
*leader is “god like”

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32
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order of the 5 countries hitler took over

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rhineland
austria
sudetenland
czecslovakia
poland

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33
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militarists in japan

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lived by the samural code: joining the military was the highest honor. dying in war is the greatest possible honor.

god chose the japanese to conquer asia

japanese felt america wanted to keep them weak and therefore should be destroyed

government controls the media and what was taught in school.

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34
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what part of the armed forces was the battle of britain between

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air force

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battle of britain:
what country had more planes and pilots?

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germany

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36
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what major technological advantage did britiain have to help them protect their island

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radar

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37
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what types of targets were the germans bombing at the BEGINNING of the battle

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military targets

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major mistake hitler made?

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hitler was 6 days away from defeating the british air force. britiain bombed german civilians. hitler bombs the british civilians thinking they would surrender, they instead went harder. by the time hitler made this mistake he had to wait a year to cross the english chanel because of the waves.

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39
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who won the battle of britiain

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britain

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40
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how many presidency terms does fdr serve

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4

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41
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the us was officially

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neutral

42
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how did the US build up their defenses

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1) military spending increased
2)hold a draft

43
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cash and carry

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britain could buy us weapons as long as they paid in cash and transported them in their own ships. do not want a repeat of WW1

44
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lend lease act

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britain has no more cash. the LLA said the US could loan weapons to any country whose defense is vital to the us

45
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what is the einsatzgrupprn
3 problems according to hitler?

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mobile killing squads
killed over 1 million in 6 months

1)waste of ammo
2) too personal for the executioners. psychological taxing
3)not fast enough

46
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what is the date of pearl harbor

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december 7, 1941

47
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describe pearl harbor

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by 1941 japan started building their empire

the us responded by cutting off trade

the major good we cut off is oil. japan got 100% of their oil from the us.

they suprise attacked us

within 2 hrs: 2400 americans killed. 1700 wounded

Japanese goal :
knock us out of the war before we could get in

greatest loss of life was on the USS arizona. half the people killed on this ship

4 days later. germany and italy declare war on us. (hitlers 3rd mistake)
we only wanted to declare on japan.

48
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what is a japanese intermittent camp?
why are they placed in these camps?

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concentration camp
racism/discrimination

49
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why did the nazis hate the jews

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1) the jews killed jesus
2) the jews are blamed for loosing WW1
3)jews are blamed for the depression
4) jews are subhuman

50
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2 reasons why jews didn’t leave europe when germany was starting to invade

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-other countries wouldn’t take them
- this was there home. felt they had to die there

51
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how does nazi party make money off the holocost

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rent the jews out as slave labor

52
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when did the US gov find out abt the holocaust

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1942

53
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where were the largest death camps?

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poland

54
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where would jews be sent according to the final solution

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death camps

55
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what is the jewish question and answer

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question: where do we put the jewish population
answer: final solution

56
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how did the jews get killed(final solution)

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gassing

57
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where would the death camps be located

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eastern europe so german citizens don’t get offended by death on a gigantic scale

58
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what did ghetto life look like

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-run down building
-sharp glass in the concrete
-barbed wire
-nazi guards w machine guns

59
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left point meant
right point meant

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left: instant death
right: few days or weeks to live

60
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who was immediately sent to death

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children

-elderly, pregnant, handicapped

61
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how did nazis trick jews into getting in the gas chambers

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labeled the gas chambers as a shower

62
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what happened to the sky’s above the camp

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dark with clouds of smoke

63
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where did a prisoner tell a little girl her mom was

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in the smoking gas chamber

64
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how did the nazis profit off of the death of the jews

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-took the jews belongings/valuables
-golden teeth yanked out
-fat from corpses was boiled into soap
-target practice
-human skin into lamps

65
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other ways prisoners were killed by guards

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-target practice
-starvation
-brown babies with mom watching
-games of tag, loosers got shot

66
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3 medical experiments performed by nazis

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changing eye color- inject dye into eyes

gives high doses of radiation

operated without anesthetic to see how much pain they could endure

how much water until their lungs burst

67
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how many jews were killed in the holocaust

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more than 6 million

68
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many of the top nazi leaders were put on ____ for their actions

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trial

69
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what was the defense many people used for taking part in the holocaust

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“merely following orders”

70
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what happened to germany after WW11

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it was in ruins

few jobs, poverty, despair and humiliation

71
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how long was the german empire supposed to last?

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1,000 years

72
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what year did hitler invade the soviet union

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1941

73
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why was the war in europe and north africa a big surprise for the world to see?

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nazi-soviet pact

74
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what had stopped hitler in his tracks just outsdie of moscow and leningrad

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bitter cold

75
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how much of stalingrad did the german army control at one time?

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9/10

76
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what happened that allowed the soviets to begin a massive counterattack

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-another winter
-cold allowed them to roll tanks in

77
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as the germans were surrounded what were hitlers orders

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“stay and fight, i won’t go back from the volga”

78
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how many soviets died protecting stalingrad

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1,100,000

79
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why was the war in europe and north africa a turning point in the war

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germaine empire starts to shrink

80
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what continent did the allie’s liberate first in Ww11

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africa

81
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who was the commander of the allied forces

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dwight D eisenhaur

82
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what was the next country that the allie’s decided to liberate

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italy

83
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what world leader lost control of his country in 1943

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mussolini

84
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who had larger empire at the height of their power: germany or japan?

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japan

85
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what is the significance of midway

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turning point in the war. japanese empire starts to shrink

86
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date of D-Day

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6/6/44

87
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2 beaches US landed at? which had most killings?

A

Utah and Omaha

Omaha

88
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when did the japanese know they could not win the war? how do we know?

A

summer 1944

mass suicide

89
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what is a kamikaze

A

suicide bomb

90
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explain saipan, iwo jima, okinawa

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Saipan: June 1944
-japanese are not surrenduring, mass suicides (abt 10,000)
-shameful to surrender
Iwo Jima: Feb 1945
*famous for flag raising picture
-learn they are not surrendering
-20k japanese killed, 6k americans killed
Okinawa: May 1945
-last island before japan
-they are not surrendering
-unleash 1900 kamikazes
- sink 35 ships, kill 5k civilians
-america looses 12,500 japan looses 110,000

91
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japans protection against an invasion?

A

kamikaze

92
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what is the manhattan project

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develops the bomb

93
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how many american casualties if they invade japan

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1 million

94
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people against using the bomb?
why?

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eisenhower:
1) morally wrong
2)unecceary, japan is gonna surrender
3) world might turn against us

95
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president truman

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didn’t know about bomb until he came president

truman couldn’t say no

truman and churchill wanted to use bomb

96
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how many japanese are supposed to fight and die?

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1 million

97
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name of the plane that drops the bomb? pilot? bomb name?

A

enola gay

paul tibet’s

little boy

98
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soviet union and bomb

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they are next us enemy. we dropped the bomb to scare the SU

99
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idea of “we built/spent money on the bomb”

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2.5 billion spent
just a weapon
we built it, why not use it

100
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unconditional surrender with Japan

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evidence japan was trying to surrender all summer with one condition. They get to keep their exporer. Us says no, drops 2 bombs. Japan surrenders but keeps their emporer

101
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veterans and POWS of japan war

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95% of vets say truman saved their life
because they didn’t have to invade

102
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reasons US picked hiroshima and nagasaki to bomb

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-industrialized
-military target
-high population

hiroshima- aug 6, 1945. 130,000kill
nagasaki- aug 9, 1945. 40,000 kill

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