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Ch 26-27
WWII
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History
10th Grade
06/13/2006

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Poland
Definition
Germany invaded ________ and then Britain and France declared war.
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Atlantic Charter
Definition
Churchill and Roosevelts agreement not to pursue territorial expansion
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Pearl Harbor
Definition
After US froze all assetts with Japan, this happend on 12-7-41 and then US declared war on Japan
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Isolationism
Definition
US in the beginning WWII, withdrawal from all world affairs
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Red Army
Definition
used to control the Soviet Union
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D Day
Definition
6-6-44, tricked Germans, stormed "omaha beach" drove the allies got 20 miles into france
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Rosie the Riveter
Definition
symbol of women in the work force during WWII
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totalitarianism
Definition
country where government has complete control (ussr)
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Third Reich
Definition
Antisemitic gov policies in germany
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appeasement
Definition
countries gave into germany's wants to avoid larger conflict, germany wanted sudetenland
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Chester Nimitz
Definition
Admiral of Allies in Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway
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Benito Mussolini
Definition
founder of the Fascist party in Italy; invaded Ethiopia
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
communist in totalitarian USSR, starved millions, used the Red Army
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Winston Churchill
Definition
Prime minister of England, met at the Munich Conference and Atlantic Charter
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Harry S Truman
Definition
President after FDR, decides to use the first atomic bombs
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