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32 Cards in this Set
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Chamberlain
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-Prime Minister of Britain (1937-1940)
-Advocated policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany |
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Churchill
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-Prime Minister of Britain during World War II
-Resisted German aggression -Major role in assembling Allied Powers |
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Eisenhower
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-Supreme Allied commander in Europe
-Operation Overlord-Allied invasion of Europe -Elected to two terms as U.S. President |
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Hirohito
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-Emperor of Japan from 1926
-Led country and shaped combat strategy during WWII |
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Hitler
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-Führer of Germany
-Rapid political ascent in Nazi Party -Active political role in government of Germany-made military decisions |
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Final Solution
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-Anti-Semitic-Edicts regarding treatment of Jews and minorities
-Condemned Jews to death at concentration camps Plan to exterminate Jews from Germany and German-controlled territories. -Located in German-controlled areas of Europe |
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Mussolini
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-Fascist PM who ruled Italy as a dictator
-Inspired Hitler and allied with him -Overthrown by coup of subordinates |
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Paulus
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-Field marshal in command of German Sixth Army
-Forced to surrender after encirclement of German forces |
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Roosevelt
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-US President who led country through WWII
-Played decisive role in holding together Allied coalition which defeated Nazi Germany |
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Josef Stalin
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-Secretary of Communist Party of USSR
-Responsible for Soviet losses at beginning of WWII-had not prepared proper defenses -Held country together and inspired resistance to Germany -Forced a German retreat and was a "first front" to Nazi defeat -Allied with Germany at beginning of war |
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Truman
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-Succeeded Roosevelt
-Led US through end of World War II -Made decision to use atomic bombs against Japan -Implemented the Marshall plan |
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Allies/Allied Powers
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-Alliance that opposed German aggression
-Major players-Britain, US, France, USSR |
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Appeasement
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-British and French conceding territory to Hitler's demands
-Wanted to avoid war at all costs |
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Axis/Axis Powers
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-Germany, Italy, Japan's military alliance
-Opposed Allies |
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Battle of Britain (1941)
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-Attempt for Germany to attain air superiority over Britain
-British resistance forced Germany to abandon plans to cross English Channel |
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Battle of the Coral Sea (1942)
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-First battle fought only on air
-Heavy losses on both sides |
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Battle of Midway (1942)
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-US naval forces disabled Japanese fleet on Midway island in Pacific
-Forced Japan into defensive |
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Battle of Stalingrad (1943)
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-Five month battle between Germans and Soviets
-Destructive air raids by German Luftwaffe and bloody street fighting -Paulus surrendered German forces to Red Army |
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Blitzkrieg
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-"Lightning warfare"
-Extremely aggressive military tactics -Attacking a nation suddenly with overwhelming force |
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D-Day (1944)
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-When the Allied powers invaded France through the Normandy coast
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Lebensraum
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-"Living space"
-German territorial conquest justification -Germany's natural territory should extend beytond current borders of Germany |
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Luftwaffe
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-German air force
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Manhattan Project
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-Code name for US's program to build an atomic bomb
-Albert Einstein, Fermi, etc. -Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 |
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Munich Agreement
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-Agreement btw. German, Britain, France, and Italy to take western are of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
-Appeasement policy -Forced Czechs to sign their own death warrant-they would now have no proper forms of geographical protection |
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Operation Barbarossa
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-Codename for German invasion of Soviet Union
-Hitler predicted would take six months |
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Operation Overlord
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-Codename for Allied ninvasion of France
-Successful-liberated France and pushed German forces eastward |
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Wannsee Conference
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-Nazi officials decided to implement final solution to "Jewish question"
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Maginot Line
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-French fortification built on eastern frontier facing Germany
-Took false comfort in supposed impregnability of the Maginot Line |
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Francisco Franco
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-Spanish fascist who overthrew the Popular Front
-Provided a stage for the world to either declare themselves pro or anti-fascist |
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Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)
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-Non-aggression pact between Soviet Union and Germany
-Stupefied world-communism and fascism had joined together -Recognized as a signal for war |
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Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Brought US into World War II |
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United Nations
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-Created in 1942, it included the three Great Powers, US, Britain, and the USSR, and twenty-three other nations
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