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| What was Hitler's idea of lebensraum? |
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| Lebensraum means living space. He thought Germany was overcrowded. |
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| What issue did the Munich Conference address? |
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| There Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Adolf Hitler's pledge to respect Czechoslovakia's new borders. |
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| Why did France and Great Britain enter WWII? |
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| They entered WW2 to declare war on Germany. |
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| Describe the German blitzkrieg. |
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| Lighting war. It used fast moving airplanes, tanks, followed by massive infantry forces to take enemy defenders by surprise and overwhelm them. |
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| What was the result of the Battle of Britain? |
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| It taught the allies a crucial lesson that Hitler's attacks could be blocked. |
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| What occurred at Pearl Harbor? |
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| The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
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| Why was the Battle of Midway important? |
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| It was important because it was mainly fought in air. |
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| What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge? |
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| The allies pushed the germans back from their territory |
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| How was the Japanese emperor's power affected after WWII? |
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| The emperor was no longer called divine |
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| Why were the Nuremberg trials held? |
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| to charge Nazi leaders for their crimes against humanity |
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| How was the Japanese emperor viewed by his people? |
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| Describe Hitler's theory of anscluss |
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| unions between Austria and Germany |
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| How did Germany violate the Treaty of Versailles? |
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| They violated the Treaty by moving into the Rhineland. According to the treaty, the Germans were forbidden there |
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| How did Britain practice appeasement? |
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| They practiced appeasement by giving in to an aggressor to keep peace. |
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