Term
| What is fascism and what country was it popular? |
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Definition
facism- extreme nationalism and racism
popular in Italy |
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| What is a dictator and who was the one for Germany? |
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dictator-some who rules by force, and has all power over one country
Hitler |
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| What was the result of the Munich Conference? |
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Definition
Hitler promised not to further germany territory. This only lasted until March 1939
or also known as
appeasment |
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| What did the Soviet-German Non-Aggression pact allow Hitler to do? |
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Definition
| This allowed Hitler to use force against Poland without the fear of Soviet interference. |
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| In what year did germany invade poland? |
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Definition
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| WHere was the worst defeat in U.S. military history? |
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Definition
| Pearl Harbor-got us into the war |
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Term
Descibe the Bataan Death March
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Definition
76000 prisoners started- 54000 mad it to the camp
in philipines |
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Term
WHat was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
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Term
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June 6, 1944 allied ships landed on coast of Germany
A.K.A
Normandy Invasion |
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Term
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Definition
6 million jews died
1 million others- soviet p.o.w. poles, gypsies, and people with handicaps |
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Term
| Descibe Island hopping and why U.S. used it. |
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Definition
| attacking and capturing certain key islands and the U.S. used this to get closer to philipines and japan |
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| What was the role of Navajos in the war? |
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Definition
| they were "code talkers" they used navajo language to send messages japan couldnt break |
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Term
| Where did Americans drop the first Atomic Bombs? (cities) |
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Definition
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| Describe the Nuremburg Trials. |
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| Nazis were put on trials for their crimes during the Holocaust |
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Term
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Definition
total power
ex: a dictator |
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