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WWII Flashcards

1
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Axis powers in WWII

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Germany, Japan, and Italy

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Allied powers

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U.S., U.K., and France

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3
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Leader of Germany

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Adolf Hitler

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Leader of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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5
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Leader of Japan

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Emperor Horito

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Leader of U.S.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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7
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Leader of Britain

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Winston Churchill

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8
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Leader of France

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Charles De Gaulle

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9
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Hitler wanted to create a

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Master race

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10
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How many people were killed due to the Nazis

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11 million

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11
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Subjected to injustices and cruelties

German children taught ______ racially inferior

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Jews and Gypsys

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12
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Where did Jews live

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In ghettos

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13
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What happens to children in concentration camps

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They were made slaves and they had medical experiments preformed on them

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14
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Forms of retaliation

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took many forms
•Overt opposition was rarely wise
–retaliation from the Germans
–threats of deportation and on-the-spot death

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15
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order issued to deter resistance by allowing military courts to swiftly sentence resisters to death
–Those arrested under order were said to have disappeared into the “night and fog”

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Nacht and Nebel

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16
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a group of students who produced pamphlets resisting the Nazi regime, and paid for it with their lives.

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White Rose

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17
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Polish Jews resisted during the

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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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18
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Once boys turned this age, they were expected to join the nazi party

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18

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19
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1936 Hitler made it mandatory for all children from 10 on to become members of the

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Hitler Youth

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20
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Boys trained in the use of

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Rifles

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21
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Boys and later girls were sent to fight for the

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Reich

22
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American soldiers fought against entire units of Germans soldiers ______ years old and younger.

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12

23
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In 1935, Hitler denounces provisions of the _____ and begins to arm Germany

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Treaty of Versailles

24
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Italian dictator Benito Mussolini occupies

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Ethiopia

25
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In 1937, ________ _________ open

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Buchenwald Camp

26
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Alarmed by German rearmament, France creates and alliance with

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USSR

27
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In 1936, Hitler takes control of

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Rhineland

28
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In 1938, hitler takes

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Austria

29
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In 1938, the nazis have their

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Prosecution of the Jews

30
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The dates the Jews really get F—–

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November 9-10

31
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In 1939, Hitler takes

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Poland and Czechoslovakia

32
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When Britain and France try to reason with Germany and accept their rule

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Munich conference

33
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When the Nazis start rounding up the Jews

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Kristallnacht

34
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Japan was preparing to overthrow

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China

35
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fast, hard-hitting tank-airplane forces, devolved by the Germans

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blitzkrieg strategy

36
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In 1940, Germany gets

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Denmark and Norway

37
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In June of 1940, the first prisoners arrive at

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Auschwitz

38
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After Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, this country enters the war.

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‘Merica

39
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In 1943, British and American troops get rid of Germany and Italy from

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Africa

40
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A crazy cracker who took the odd ones out (twins, people with disabilities) at concentration camps and preformed aweful experiments on them

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Josef Mengale

41
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A another cc who forced 444,000 people to be gassed

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Rudolf Hoss

42
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The lost people are gassed at Auschwitz during

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November of 1944

43
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Were was Anne Frank taken to once caught

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Westerbok transit camp

44
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Where was Anne Frank sent in the winter of 1944

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Bergen-Belsen

45
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The date the Germanys surrender

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May 7, 1945

46
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On January 27, The USSR liberates

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Auschwitz

47
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How many personeros were found alive at Auschwitz

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7,000

48
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Who give Otto Frank Anne’s diary

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Miep Gies

49
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In the fall of 1944, America regains

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The Phillippines

50
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The date the Japs surrender

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August 14, 1945

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