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WWII P1 Flashcards

1
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Controlling all aspects of life

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Totalitarian

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2
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Giving in to demands to keep peace

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Appeasement

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

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Fascist

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Swift, all out style of military attack

Lightning war

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Blitzkrieg

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5
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Believing that the US should go to war

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Interventionism

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Believing that the US should stay out of war

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Isolationism

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7
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Technology allowing detection of submerged objects by means of sound waves

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Sonar technology

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8
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Surrender without concessions

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Unconditional surrender

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9
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Il duce

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The leader

Mussolini

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10
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Nazi

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National socialist german workers party

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11
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Aryan

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Hitlers master race

Blood hair blue eyes german

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12
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Von Hindenburg

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Prez of Germany before hitler

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13
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Mein kampf

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My struggle by Hitler

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14
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Fuhrer

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Hitler

Supreme leader of the third reich

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15
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Third reich

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Third Government

Under hitlers control

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16
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“Big Lie”

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How hitler view christianity and democracy because they lied all the time

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17
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Anschluss

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Union of Germany and Austria

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18
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Luftwaffe

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German air force

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19
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Open door policy

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Equal trading access with china

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20
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Pearl S. Buck

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Author of good earth, sympathy from china routed from the love of her

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21
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Neutrality act

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Prohibiting sale of weapons to nations at war, kept Americans from traveling on ships to waring countries, passed after Italy took Ethiopia

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22
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Maginot Line

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A system of heavily armed steel and concrete bunkers built after WWI, stretches 100 miles along the french german border, from Belgium to Switzerland. Germans attacked from behind and were defeated

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23
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RAF

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British Royal Air Force

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24
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Sea Lion

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German plan for attacking Great Britain

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25
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Destroyer for bases

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US gave Great Britain ships and in return they got bases in the Atlantic

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26
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Conscription

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Draft in US before war

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27
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Greer, Kearny, REUBAN JAMES

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Destroyers destroyed by German subs (U boats)

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28
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Ultra

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Decoder of german messages during battle of britain

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29
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Radar

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Detected planes

30
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Sonar

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Detected ships and subs

31
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Magic

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Message decoder of Japanese messages

32
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Allies (leaders and countries)

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Great Britain- Churchill
France- Charles DeGaulle
US- FDR
China- Mao Zedong

33
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Axis (leaders and countries)

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Germany- Adolf Hitler
Italy- Mussolini
Japan- Hirohito

34
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What Country was with Axis then switched to Allies

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USSR

35
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Attack weapons

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German panzer-tanks, US tanks, planes, ships

36
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Defense weapons

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Radar, sonar, anti aircraft guns

37
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Eisenhower

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Supreme Allie Commander, in charge of D Day,

38
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SS nickname

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Black shirts

39
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Good Neighbor Policy- reasons for

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Reason US wanted to be a good neighbor to the countries by them before ones across ocean, FDRs pledge- respect rights of others, initiated by prez hoover- try to get along. So we could show our dedication to get along

40
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Yamamoto

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Japan

Planned attack on Pearl Harbor- reluctant warrior

41
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MacArthur

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US

Developed island hopping; accepted surrender of Japan

42
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Patton

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US

Nickname- “Old Blood and Guts”

43
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Goering (Goring)

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Germany

In charge of Luftwaffe

44
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Nimitz

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US

Proved value of magic

45
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Barbie

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Germany

Head of Gestapo- one of the people who tortured people

46
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Rommel

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Germany

Nickname desert fox

47
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Yamashita

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Japan

Tiger of Malaya

48
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Bradley

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US

Led troops on Omaha and Utah beaches

49
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Montgomery

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Great Britain

Defeated Rommel in Africa

50
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Arnold

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US

Defender of women air service pilots

51
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Franco

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Fascist military leader, attempted to overthrow Spanish government in 1936, aided by Germany and Italy, conservative, pro anarchy, rebel, spanish army

52
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Non-aggression pact

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USSR and Germany promise not to attack each other hitler lies, they also promise to divide up poland

53
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D-Day (date; codename; what the attack enabled)

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Operation Over lord
Changed course of war
June 6,1944
Pushed back Germany. A stronger hold for the allies

54
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Why did the US not pay attention to hitler before 1934?

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He had to focus on getting out of the Great Depression not hitlers problems

55
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Causes of WWI

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Treaty of Versailles because Germany is so down
Fascist Aggression- 3 in Europe 1 in Asia
Appeasement- not stopping Hitler

56
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Lindenbergh

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Isolationist

57
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Ford

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Gave money to Germany

Paid the elders of Zion to sign on protocols that were printed and distributed in the US

58
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Lend-Lease

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Proposed by FDR after the 1940 election which gave hime the right to sell, lend, or lease military supplied to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of US”

59
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Selective Training and service act

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In September 1940, prez Roosevelt sign act establishing a peace time draft in the US

60
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Pearl harbor- date

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December 7,1941

Japan attacked US, brought US into war, greatest military disaster till 9/11

61
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What event started WWII in Europe

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Germanys invasion of poland

62
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Stalingrad (nickname)

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Operation Barbarossa
USSR Vs. Germany
Stalingrad, Moscow, Leningrad
14 mil died turning point germany is defeated by general winter

63
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Atlantic charter

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FDR lent the USSR supplies and met British prime minister Churchill on a boat off Newfoundland to develop a post war strategy

64
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Jews

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Blamed for economic problems

65
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Why Germany takes Paris- French response

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Wanted to save their city from carnage. Because hitler had done that in the past

66
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Advantage Great Britain had over Germany

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Better skilled planes men

67
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Invasion of Ethiopia by Italy

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First invasion before poland

68
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Spanish civil war

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Franco, fascists taking over

Italy and Germany helped because political ties and they wanted to test out their new technology

69
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El Alamein

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Montgomery defeated Rommel in Africa. Showed Germany wasnt as strong as expected

70
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Bombing of london(why daylight bombings stopped)

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Because Germanys 3-1 air force was no match for the skill of the RAF that would shot them down so night time to keep from being seen and be more destructive

71
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1936 olympics

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Jessie Owens out does the aryans

US beats Germany

72
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Hitler(what he wanted to study; justification for 1934 murders; third reach; who compared to; mein kampf; reasons for rise to power)

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Wanted to study art
Said murders were to better Germany and unit leaders behind Hitler
Compared to Genghis Kahn
My struggle- by Hitler
Rose to power because bad economy good orator-how he spoke enabled people

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