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1
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Spanish Civil War was an international incident hen

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Italy and Germany sent troops to Spain

2
Q

Hitler challenged peace by sending troops into

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Austria
the Rhineland
Czechoslovakia

3
Q

immediate cause of WWII

A

Germany invading Poland

4
Q

1939- American were neutral because

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we were isolated, wanted to stay isolated

5
Q

“Date which will live in infamy”

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FDR said it; his referring to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

6
Q

after Battle of Midway, the Allies

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go on the offensive in the Pacific

7
Q

President Truman/decision to drop atomic bomb

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an invasion would cost up to 1 million American casualites

8
Q

Battle of El Alamein was a turning point

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because it ended the German offensive in North Africa

9
Q

D-Day resulted in liberation of

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France

10
Q

Germany defeated France by

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bypassing the Maginot Line

11
Q

Hitler tried to defeat Britain by

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bombing British cities

12
Q

Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union (June, 1941)

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gained control of oil and farmland

13
Q

“scorched earth” policy of retreat used by before

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Russia

Nazi invasion

14
Q

U.S. policies during WWII

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isolationism
Lend-Lease Act
arsenal of democracy (democratic principles)

15
Q

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor was an attempt to

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destroy our Pacific fleet

16
Q

Allies attack the Axis powers by invading Italy

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where the Axis Powers were the most vulnerable

17
Q

Dunkirk

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rescue of over 300,000 French and British troops

18
Q

Vichy France

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the Nazi puppet government

19
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“island hopping”

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capture some islands and bypass others

20
Q

policy of appeasement

associated with

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give in to the aggressor to keep the peace

Neville Chamberlain the Prime Minister of Great Britain

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