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WWII Flashcards

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Pearl Harbor (Who)

A

Navy Base with over 100 ships

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Pearl Harbor (What)

A

American fleet was surprise bombed by Japan

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Pearl Harbor (When)

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December 7, 1941

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Pearl Harbor (Where)

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Hawaii

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Pearl Harbor (Why)

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Killed about 2,400 people and Made the U.S. join in WWII

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D-Day (Who)

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The day that Allied forces invaded France during WWII

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D-Day (What)

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Thousands of ships ferried 156,000 troops in Higgins boats

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D-Day (When)

A

June 6, 1944

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D-Day (Where)

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France

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D-Day (Why)

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Turning point in the war and France was liberated.

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Battle of the Bulge (Who)

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The last major offensive attack that Germany would have for the rest of the war.

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Battle of the Bulge (What)

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Germany set up a massive counter-attack after France was freed

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Battle of the Bulge (When)

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December 1944

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Battle of the Bulge (Where)

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Belgium

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Battle of the Bulge (Why)

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The battle delayed the Allied advance from the west

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Atomic Bomb (Who)

A

Bombs were used by America to try and get Japan to surrender and save American lives.

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Atomic Bomb (What)

A

America dropped two Atomic bombs

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Atomic Bomb (When)

A

August 6 and August 9, 1945

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Atomic Bomb (Where)

A

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

20
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Atomic Bomb (Why)

A

over 70,000 people died instantly in Hiroshima and over 40,000 people died in Nagasaki, but more people died over time from radiation poisoning

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Holocaust (Who)

A

Systematic genocide of over 6 million European Jews by the Nazis during WWII

22
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Holocaust (What)

A

Jews were put into concentration camps where they were forced to work and produce valuables for the war effort

23
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Holocaust (When)

A

WWII

24
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Holocaust (Where)

A

Eastern Europe

25
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Holocaust (Why)

A

About ⅔ of all Jews living in Europe were victims of the holocaust.

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