Flashcards in Chapter 16 Deck (25)
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Two countries promising to not attack each other
Nonaggression pact
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Lightning war
Blitzkrieg
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French general that fled to London where he set up a government-in-exile committed to reconquering France, he went on to organize the Free French military forces tat battled until 1944
Charles de Gaulle
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New British prime minister
Winston Churchill
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Horrible time when Hitler bombed England mercilessly, raged on until May 10, 1941
The Battle of Britain
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Issued by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill on August 9th, upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government
Atlantic Charter
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Japans greatest naval strategist
Isoroku Yamamoto
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December 7, 1941 when the Japanese bombed Hawaii and sent the US into WWII
Pearl Harbor
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The turning in the war challenging the Allies to finally go on the offensive
Battle of Midway
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Commander of the Allies' land forces in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
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MacArthur's first target, At dawn on August 7, 1942, About 19,000 US Marines with Australian support, landed in Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal
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The Germanic people, a "master race"
Aryans
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The mass slaughter of civilians-especially Jews
Holocaust
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"Night of Broken Glass" Night of November 9th when Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues
Kristallnacht
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Segregated Jewish areas
Ghettos
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Hitler's plan of a pogrom of genocide
The Final Solution
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The systematic killing of an entire people
Genocide
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Nazi general in Norther Africa
Erwin Rommel
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Took control of British forces in North Africa
General Bernard Montgomery
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Began on August 23, 1942, after this battle the Germans went on the defensive, proved how strong the Soviets were in winter
Battle of Stalingrad
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British, American, French, and Canadian troops fought their way onto a 60 mile stretch of beach in Normandy
D-Day
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Germany’s last major stand in WWII, occurred in December 1944
Battle of the Bulge
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Japanese suicide pilots
Kamikaze
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Nuremberg Trials
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