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| The annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938. Hitler forced the resignation of the Austrian chancellor by demanding that he admit Nazis into his cabinet. The new chancellor, a pro-Nazi, invited German troops to enter the country on the pretext of restoring law and order. |
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| An area in the northwestern part of the Czech Republic, on the boarder with Germany. |
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| German word for an industrial port and shipbuilding center in northern Poland |
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| A national treaty between two or more nations agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations |
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| The period of comparative inaction at the beginning of WW II between the German invasion of Poland 1939 and that of Norway 1940 |
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| A part in northern France |
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A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
Measures taken by a nation to coerce another to conform to an international agreement or norms of conduct, typically in the form of restrictions on trade or in official sporting events |
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An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory
Lightning war |
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| A fortification built before WWII to protect France’s eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940 |
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A town in south central France
It was the headquarters of the regime set up after the German occupation of northern France to administer unoccupied France and the colonies
Regime functioned as a puppet government for the Nazis |
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A harbor on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii, the site of a major U.S. naval base, where a surprise attack on Dec. 7 1941, by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft inflicted heavy damage and brought the U.S into WWII
Killed more than 2,000 US killed
19 US ships taken down
350 us planes destroyed or damaged |
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Traveling from one island to another
The island hopping strategy was used by the US to expedite the War in the Pacific Ocean |
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A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga river
A site of German defeat in WWII during the winter of 1942-1943 |
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June 6, 1944 in WWII on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy
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Lasted from August 19 1944, until the occupying Germans surrendered on August 25, 1944
Started by an uprising of the French Resistance against the German garrison |
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Air-raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin Germany
He hid there when the Soviets invaded Berlin near the end of the war
Married in the bunker and committed suicide
Unknown facts about the bunker → conspiracy |
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A city in southwestern Japan, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu. Target of the first atom bomb, dropped by the US on August 1945. Resulted in the death of the third of the city’s population, and has lasting effects from radiation. The second attack was on the city of Nagasaki. The atomic bombings lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.
The atomic bomb was the “last option”
Japan was sending suicide bombers |
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A German army force sent to North Africa in 1941 under General Rommel
A German field marshal known as the Desert Fox; commander of the Afrika Korps. |
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