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The was a german war tactic emphasizing speed and close coordination between planes in the air and fast moning forces on the ground

Blitzrein

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THe beliefe that a country should stay out of affairs of other nations is called

Isolationism

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THe battle of ___ severly weakend the Axis powers in north America

El Almein

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Althouigh their attack resulted in a crushing defeat Germans fought the ___ in order to gain control of the crucial shipping ports and factories that produced soviet military equiptment

Battle of Stalingrad

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Hitlers plan to deliberatly execute massive numbers of jews across Europe was called ...

The final solution

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On June 6 1944 allied forces invaded france

D-day

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The japanese emperor surrendered on august 15 1945 a day that became knonwn as

VJ day

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The was formed after WWII to encourage international cooperation and prevent future events

United nations

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bacame president after the death of franklin roosevelt in mat 1945

Harry s Truman

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What/who caused the death of 600 americans and as many as 10000 filipino prosoners

Bataan death march

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labor camps holding people designated as enemies of germany

concentration camps

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Outlined the purpose of fighting in WWII

Atlantic Charter

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Agreement between germany and japan

Anticominterm pact

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THe genocide campaign aganst jews

The holocaust

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Led the Axis forces in North Africa

Erwin rommel

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Left to defend itself alone due to the policy of appeasement

Czechoslavakia

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Fought to establish an american base close to the major islands of japan

Battle of Okinawa

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Hitler demanded austria to accept this

Annexxation

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Mobile killing units that executed jews on a massive scale

Einsatzgruppen

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Largest death camp in the camo system

Auswitch

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Soke out against britians policy of appeasment

Winston Churchill

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Resulted in the deathd of as many as one million russion civilians

Seige of Lenningrad

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/cekebrated Germanys surrender

VE day

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WAr tactic combining air and ground attacks and emphasizing speed

Blitzkreig

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Formed to encourage international cooperation and preventing war

United Nations

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Desire to stay out of the affairs of other nations

Isolationism

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The deliberate mass e3xecution of jews by the Nazis

Final Solution

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Severely weakened the Axis powers in north africa

Battle of el alamein

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Diminished the japanese advantage on the seas

Battle of midway

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What 2 actions that hitler took convinced him that his european rivals would not stop his aggression against Czech

Hitler rebuilt his army, he annexed austria and mobilized his troops

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What was the result of the battle of the midway? Why was it significant ?

The battle destroyed 4 japanese ships. It greatly weakend the Jap. It lead to them winning the pacific

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What was Dday, where was it l;aunched from and how did it help defeat Germany in Europe

Dday was the day allied forces invaded france. it helped defeat germany because now germany had to firght a 2 front war-he was surrounded

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How did WWI contribute to hitlers rise to power in Germany

After WWI germany was VERRRRYY weak The economy was horrible and the had no food/fuel they had no political leader and they wanted to be an all powerful nation

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How did the European experience inWWI contribute to hitlers ability ro aggressivly expand into Europe prior to WWII

No one wanted another outbreak of war again everyone was crippled in someway somehow.

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Why do you think hapan chose to launch its surprise attach on the united stated at pearl harbpr? did they achieve there goals? Why whynot?

They chose to attack us beuase that sea was very important to us it was where we traded with GB and sent supplies to the troops.. they did acheive therte goals but only for a moment because after that people wanted to join the war and fight the Japanese back.

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Why did the us government force JaPanese Americans on the west coast to leave their homes ad buisnesses and go to the interment camps

THe us governemnt did this becuase they were afraid Japanese had spies hidden i the US

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How did Americans at home contrubute to the war effort?

Americans did things like recycle ration food saved fuel, alot of them worked in factories and they also sent things to the soldiers:)

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What was island hopping why was it an advantoug

Was the plan to capture small Jap islands as US bases. it helped because then they could be closer tp the enemy

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Why did american leaders decide to use the atomic bomb on japan

They calculated the number of life los that was going to be and it was to high, they didnt feel like losing that much americans. It could be avoided so they did it

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Describe the effects of the war in Eastern europe

Economy was devistated land was destroyed millinos of ppl died

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What nations formed the United nations security council

Britian France US China

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Which nations formed the allied powers? which nation was the axis powers

Allied- British France Poland
Axis- Germany Japan Italy

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Why did the Japanese invade french indochina

THey needed rubber and oil