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Allies

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Great Britain- Churchill
France-Degawl
US-FDR

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Axis

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China-Mao
Germany-Hitler
Italy-Mussolini 
Japan- Hirohito/Tojo
Soviet Union- Stalin 
USSR
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Attack weapons

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Tanks
Planes
Ships

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Another name for a tank

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Panzer

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Defense weapons

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Radar
Sonar
Anti-aircraft guns

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6
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What was the black shirts?

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The nickname given to the SS

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Goering

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German general
In charge of the Luftwaffe (Air Force)
Hitler’s chosen successor
Air Force was greatest in war at the beginning
Captured at end of war and sentenced to death
Killed self with cyanide

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General Patton

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US general
Nicknamed old boots and guts
Controversial

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Yamamoto

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Planned attack on Pearl Harbor

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Rommel

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Germany general
Nicknamed Desert fox 
Panzer commander
One of the most successful generals 
Accused of being in plot to kill hitler 
Given choice to kill self or be killed
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Barbie

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Head of gestapo
Germany general
In France for most of war

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Yamashita

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Tiger of Malaysia

Ruthless to those of Malaysia and Singapore

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Bradley l

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Us general

Led troops on Omaha and Utah beaches

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Eisenhower

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Supreme allied commander
Built us tank corps
Designed invasion of Normandy
5 star general

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15
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Generals/ admirals for Germany

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Rommel
Goering

Barbie

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16
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Generals/admirals for Great Britain

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Montgomery

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Generals/admirals for Japan

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Yamamoto

Yamashita

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Generals and admirals for the us

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Arnold
Patton
Bradley
Eisenhower
Nimitz
MacArthur
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Montgomery

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Defeated Rommel in Africa

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Nimitz

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Proved the value of magic

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Arnold

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Defender of female pilots commander of army air force

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22
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D-day

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Operation overlord 
6/6/44
US and GB vs Germany 
Eisenhower in charge 
Changed course of war
Changed course of war by pushing back Germany
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23
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What happened on 12/7/41?

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The attack on Pearl Harbor

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What’s was the battle of Stalingrad’s nickname?

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Operation Barbarossa

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25
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Lend/lease

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A bill proposed by FDR that gave him the right to sell lend or lease military supplies to any nation deemed vital to the defense of the US

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Von Hindenburg

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German president

Appointed Hitler chancellor

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Ford

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Was for the war and nazism

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28
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What was maginot line and why did it fail

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It was the frenches system of heavily armed steel and concrete bunkers that stretched miles across the German border.

Failed Bc canons were the wrong way and Germans attacked from behind

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29
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What did hitler want to study?

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Art

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30
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What was Mein kempf

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Hitler’s book “ my struggle”

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31
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How did WWII in Europe start?

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It started after Germany tried to invade Poland

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32
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Il Duce

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Was Mussolini

33
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Nazi

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Nationalist socialist German workers party

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Aryan

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German race that Hitler wanted to take over

35
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Mein kampf

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Hitler’s book

“My struggle”

36
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Fuhrer

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Supreme leader of third Reich

37
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Third Reich

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German empire

38
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Big lie

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How hitler viewed democracy and Christianity

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Anschluss

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Union between Germany and Austria

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Francisco Franco

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Spanish army general

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Luftwaffe

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Blitzkrieg

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A swift all out style of attack

Lightning war

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Open door policy

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Assuring equal accesses to China’s markets

44
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Pearl S Buck

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Author of the good earth
A pity fiction book for Chinese
Sympathy for china

45
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Neutrality acts

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Prohibited the sale of all weapons to countries at war

46
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Maginot line

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Frenches system of heavily armed steel and concrete bunkers

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RAF

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Royal airforce

48
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Sea lion

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German plan for attacking Great Britain

49
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Conscription

50
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Greer
Kearny
Reuben James

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American destroyers that were sunk by Germans

51
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Ultra

A

Decode German messages

52
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Radar

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Used to detect planes

53
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Sonar

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Used to detect ships and subs

54
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Magic

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Decoded Japanese messages

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Totalitarian

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Controlling all aspects of life

56
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Appeasement

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Giving in to demands to keep peace

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Fascist

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Political party that believes race or ethnicity is more important than the individual

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Interventionism

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Believing the US should go to war

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Isolationism

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Believing the US should stay out of war

60
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Sonar technology

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Technology allowing detection of submerged objects by means of sound waves

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Unconditional surrender

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Surrender without concessions

62
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Reasons for good neighbor policy

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To be good neighbors to countries in our hemisphere

Show dedication (pulled troops) (made agreement with Cuba)

63
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MacArthur

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General for US

Developed island hopping and accepted surrender of Japan

64
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Franco

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A fascist leader who tried to overthrow Spain

65
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1936 Olympics

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We beat his aryan race

Jesse Owens

66
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Jews

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Were blamed for all of Germany’s problems and

67
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Lindbergh

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Was opposed to the war

68
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Reuben James

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Destroyer that the German sank

69
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Spanish civil war

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Happened because of militarism

70
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El Alamein

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Montgomery defeated Rommel

71
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Bombing of London

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Battle of Britain

Daylight bombing stopped so the planes could hide easier in the dark

72
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Germany takes Paris/ French response

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French gave them Paris Bc if they gave in nothing would be destroyed

73
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Why didn’t the US pay attention to Hitler before 94?

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We were recovering from the Great depression

74
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Destroyers for bases

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US gave Britain destroyers it returned for Atlantic bases

75
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Advantage Great Britain had over Germany

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Planes technique and skill

76
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Invasion of Ethiopia by Italy

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First invasion by one of the aggressors nations

77
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Hitler’s justification for 1934 murders

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His love for the German people and German state

78
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Who was hitler compared to

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Gangus khan

79
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Major reasons for WWII

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treaty of Versailles
Fascist aggression
Appeasement

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