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Germany and Japan ignored ___________.
demilitarization
The US practiced __________ because they didnt want to be in the war.
isolationism
Blitzkrieg was also know as "___________".
The Lightening War
The Soviet Union and Germany signed the ___________ so they wouldnt fight and they would split Poland.
Nonagression Pact
Some of the concentration camps were also known as___________.
death camps
As long as the Jews would work for the Germans, they would be spared_____________.
their lives
The Japanese used _________ towards the end of the war.
Kamikaze
The Kamikaze mostly didnt work because of bad planes and the US had ________.
radar
_____________ Jews died in the camps.
6 million
Some Japanese Americans died in _________ because of the fear of Asians in the US.
concentration camps
What did each leader gain from the secret agreement between Soviet Union and Germany?
they wouldnt fight each other and they would split Poland.
What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?
blitzkrieg
What was Hitler use to conquering France?
they kept the allies attention on other countries and then suprised attacked France
What happened at Dunkirk?
The French retreated and Germany had them trapped and then Great Britian sent out boats to rescue them
What was the outcome of the Battle of Britian?
Great Britian didnt give up
What was the outcome of the fighting at Tobruk?
Rommel won and got the name "Dessert Fox". Great Britian was defeated by Germany.
How did Hitler's Ninvasion compare with Napolean's invasion of Russia?
Hitler's people died from the harsh Soviet Union's winter
The joint declaration issued by Roosevelt and Churchill during WWII upholding free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government was called the _____________.
Atlantic Charter
The American commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific during WWII was __________.
Douglas MacArthur
In the __________ after WWII, former Nazi leaders faced charges of waging a war of aggression and commiting crimes against humanity.
Nuremberg Trials
The Prime Minister of Great Britian during WWII was ___________.
Winston Churchill
The French General who set up a government-in-exile in London and organized the Free French military forces during WWII was __________.
Charles de Gaulle
The American general who served as commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII was _________.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The German air attacks on Britian's air force and cities that lasted from the summer of 1940 until May 10, 1941 is known as the ________________.
Battle of Britian
The first dat of the invasion of Normandy in WWII s known as ____________.
D-Day
The battle that brought the war in Europe to a quick end was the _____________.
Battle of the Buldge
The process of disbanding a country's armed forces is called _________.
demilitarization
The short battle that turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies in the Pacific was the _________________.
Battle of Midway
A system of fortifications along France's border with Germany was know as __________.
The Maginot Line
What was the French port city near the Belgian border from which a fleet if British ships and civilian craft evacuated trapped soilders in 1940?
Dunkirk
French General who organized the Free French military frces to fight the Nazis was _________.
Charles de Gaulle
Name for the German airforce was the _________.
Luftwaffe
Commander of Hitler's crack German tank force, the Afrika Korps was __________, also known as "____________".
Erwin Rommel
Dessert Fox
_________ is a reduction in a contry's ability to wage war achieved by disbandine its armed forces and prohibiting it from acquiring weapons.
demilitarization
_________ is the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war.
appeasment
____________ is a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries.
isolationism
__________ is using fast moving airplanes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces to suprise contries.
Blitzkrieg
_________ is the sitting war between two countries nothing was happening.
Sitzkrieg
________ is the cut off or refuse to trade with countries.
sanctions
_________ were killed during the Holocaust.
6 million
_______ is the division of a country.
partisans
________ is the German secret police who arranged the killing of Jews.
Einsatgruppen
___________ are people that worked with the people in France.
collaborators
_________ is the systematic mass slaughter of other groups judged inferior to Nazis.
Holocaust
_______ were camps used to seperate people.
Internment
________ was Hitler's program of killing all Jews.
Final Solution
_______ were the aggressors.
Axis Powers
_________ were the people who fought the aggressors.
Allied Powers