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WWII test
World war two test
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8th Grade
03/19/2009

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treaty of versailles
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cause of WWII- failure of the treaty of versailles to bring lasting peace after WWI .. germans were given restrictions that they broke
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pearl harbor
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naval base in oahu hawaii - surprise attack on december 7th by japan brought U.S into WWII
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coral sea
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naval battle in the pacific ocean between u.s and japan carriers in 1942
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midway
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island in the pacific ocean, battle of midway 1942 ended japanese expansion in pacific ocean
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iwo jima /okinawa
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islands under japan control, last island u.s invaded/ island- huge battle with the marines
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island hopping
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fought for one island skipped a few then toook over another island all the while avoiding and dodging japanese soldiers on islands and cutting them off (their supplies)
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hiroshima/nagasaki
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cities were us dropped the atomic bombs
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d day
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June 6 1944- 1st day of the massive normandy invasion which brought thousands of ships, tanks, planes and troops across the english channel- allies invade europe and start taking the rest of europe from germany
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munich conference
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germany gets sudentland, people of Europe givite it to him because they new he would take it over anyway.. example of APPEASEMENT
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nazi-soviet pact
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nazis and soviets formed and alliance that germany broke when they invaded them.. the pact read- wont attact each other, trying to avoid a 2 front war, gave soviet union time to build up their army . benifts for both. hitler can take poland
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tripartite pact
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signed by axis powers- benifited japan
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lend-lease act
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u.s supplyed weapons, food, ect. even though we were neautral-- became the arsenal for allied nations signed onnnn. March 11 1941
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atlantic charter
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August 14 1941 - churchill and roosevelt met to form united nations organizations and planned for after the war - pledge to destroy nazis..
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executive order 9102
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sent japanese americans to camps so they wont spy on the u.s
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yalta and postdam conference
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allied leaders churchill, roosevelt and stalin met Febuary 1945 during the final stages of world war 2.. it was the end of ww2
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manchuria
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railcar explosion in manchuria started the war in the east by Japan they wanted more living space. when the league of nations told them not to invade and to stop they just left the leauge of nations
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ethiopia
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in africa. conqured by italy in 1935
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guernica, spain
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bombing by germany because it was market day so there would be alot more people to kill, germans dropped 100,000 bombs on the village for experimenting
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rhineland
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the demilitarized zone on either side of the rhine river. germany wasnt allowed there but went anyways
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sudentland
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small strip of czechoslovakia land near germany- taken over by germany
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nanjing, china
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the capital of china, bombed and tortured people for 6 weeks by japanese
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dunkirk
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"miracle of dunkirk" french city were 350000 soldiers were saved when they were stranded on the beach and saved by many boats
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battle of britain
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german blitz - 57 days of nonstop bombing in london. hitler wanted to take over britain but wasnt able to
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operation barbossa
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operation of invading the soviet union- 3 mil german soldiers to take soviet union for living space and resources . lasted whole warrrr
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leningrad
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german seige, 1000000 russian civil lives lost
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stalingrad
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russian victory that started russian push back
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battle of the bulge
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last major battle of ww2, hitlers last chance to extend war
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appeasement
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giving into demands in exchange for peace, examples- italy invasions of ethiopia . germany taking over munich
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facism
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political system that emphazies nation over individual and ruled by dictator who is supported by military force, secret police , consonship, ect.
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weimer republic/ reichstag
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congress of germany
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totalitarian state
Definition
censorship, propaganda, no free speech
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allied powers
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great britain, france, us, soviet union, china
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axis powers
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germany, soviet union (till 1941), Italy, Japan
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maginot line
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line of french fotifications on the border of germany to prevent german invasion- germans just drove around it to invade
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blitzkrieg
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hitlers method of fighting a "lightning war" involving powerful planes and speedy ground travel
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luftwaffe
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german airforce
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royal air force (RAF)
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great britain airforce
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scorched-earth policy
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military strategy of burning and destroying buildings, crops, ect. and resources that might be of use to invading enemy force
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sanctions
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a penalty for breaking international laws or codes of conduct
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genocide
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the planned killing of a racial or ethinical group, entire group of people
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holocaust
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hitlers policy of killing european jews+ others considered "unfit" to live
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kristallnacht
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NOV. 9-10 1938 night of broken glass.. germans broke all the jewish shops windows. violence by nazis in germany and austria against jews and their property killign many. burning synogauges and homes alsso many were sent to concentration camps
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concentration camps
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brought people there of races they didnt agree with starved and overworked them, killed many mostly jews
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japanese internment camps
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japanese americans living on the west coast relocated to camps so they couldnt spy on the u.s
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kamikaze attacks
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end of ww2, japanese trained young people to crash their planes into the navy ships commiting suicide
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v-e day
Definition
may 7th 1945 victory in europe when the allies beat the axis powers - germany surrendored
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v-j day
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victory over japan- japan surrendors after all of the atomic bombs were dropped
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franklin delano roosevelt
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president of u.s - led u.s out of depression /leader of america in ww2
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harry s truman
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took over as president when roosevelt died, athorized the atomic bomb on japan
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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american general, supreme commander of allied forces in america
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adolf hitler
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german leader- formed nazi party nicknamed- "fuhr" facist dictator modeled everything after mussolini ex. black shirts- brown shirts... chancellor of germany, hitler brainwashed the population ---- came to power when his parliment won more seats and had the majority
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benito mussolini
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leader of italy, axis power- italy facist state becasue of mussolini dictator.. first facist dictator
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joseph stalin
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leader of communist party in russia
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francisco franco
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leader of spain
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winston churchill
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prime minister of great britain after chamberlin resigned
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neville chamberlain
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leader of great britain
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erwin rommel
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general germal field marshall
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hideki tojo
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japanese prime minister and military leader- initiated attack at pearl harbor
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douglas macArthur
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commander of us forces in sw pacific
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september 1, 1939
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START OF WWII - invasion of poland by germany, germany invades poland in 25 days- putting jews in ghettos, starving them and gave them 25 gram rations. german took over all of w europe in 9 months
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september 3, 1939
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france and great britain declar war on germany after their invasion of poland
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december 7 1941
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pearl harbor- japanese attack on our naval base in hawaii, bring the U.S into the war
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June 6 1944
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D Day, day that the allies invade europe. start taking the rest of europe from germanys control
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May 7th 1945
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V-E day. germany surrendors to the allies
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APPEASEMENT
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giving into demands in exchange for peace, examples- italy invasions of ethiopia . germany taking over munich. hitler- rhineland.. japan attacks on manjang
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FASCISM
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political system that emphazies nation over individual and ruled by dictator who is supported by military force, secret police , consonship, ect.
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BLITZKRIEG
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hitlers method of fighting a "lightening war" involving powerful planes and speedy ground travel. example of how effective is the blitzkrieg
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