WWII Flashcards by Erin Rondon | Brainscape

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Battle of midway

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Turning pt of war; very important

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Guadalcanal

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First island of island campaign

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Doolittle

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Boosted morale; first bombing of mainland

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Philippines

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First major land captured by japan

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Us embargo if japan

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Caused Pearl Harbor

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German declaration of war

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After bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Wendell Wilkie

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Defeated by Pres Roosevelt. 3rd term

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Soviet Union

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Attacked Poland with Germany

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Co signer of Atlantic Charter

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US and Britian

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First atomic bomb

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Hiroshima

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United Nations

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Established in 1945

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Battle of the bulge

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Last hooray for Germany; lots of casualties

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U-Boats

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German submarines

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Yalta Conference

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Get together and discuss what will happen; “big three”

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Battle if Atlantic

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Longest military campaign

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Operation Manhattan

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The atomic bomb they dropped

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Conditions of Japans surrender

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They got to keep they emperor Hirohito

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Patton

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Took over after operation torch; general

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German stopped in Russia

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Winter cold

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Calais

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When the Germans thought they were going to attack

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Rosie the riveter

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Icon for strong women

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Billy Mitchell

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Said he need a great Air Force

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Thomas Dewey

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Ran against Roosevelt

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Iwo Jima

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Marines killed getting 3 air fields from japan; picture of iconic flag holding

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Doris Miller

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Cook that got a gun and started shooting to help

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Four freedoms

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Speech, want, fear, and religion

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Neville Chamberlain

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Munich pact

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Blitzkrieg

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Lighting warfare

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Bataan Death March

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Japs marched American soldiers to starvation

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Hide okay Tojo

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Military leader of Japan

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Hirohito

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Japanese emperor