history chapter 16 sections 1-5

Question 0

Blitzkrieg 1

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“Lightning war” a form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast moving airplanes followed by massive attacks with infantry forces

Question 1

Nonaggression pact 1

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An agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another

Question 2

Charles de Gaulle 1

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French general who set up a govt in exile in London

Question 3

Winston Churchill 1

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British prime minister, good friends with FDR, possibly the most powerful weapon the British had as they stood alone against hitler and Germany

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Battle of Britain 1

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A series of battles that taught the allied forces that hitlers attacks could be stopped

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The desert fox Erwin Rommel

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General of the afrika korps sent by hitler to reinforce the Italians
Erwin Rommel

Question 6

Atlantic charter1

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A declaration of principles issued in August 1941 by Churchill and FDR which the allied peace plan at the end of WWII was based

Question 7

Isoroku Yamamoto 1

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Admiral Japan’s greatest naval strategist who called for action of Pearl Harbor

Question 8

Pearl Harbor 1

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December 7 1941 Japanese attack on American sailors in Hawaii

Question 9

Battle of midway 1

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A 1942 sea and air battle of WWII in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central pacific
Turning point in war

Question 10

Douglas MacArthur 1

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General and commander of the allied land forces in the pacific. Came up with idea of “island hopping”

Question 11

Battle of Guadalcanal 1-2

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1942-1943 battle of WWII
a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces)
Became known as the island of death

Question 12

Aryan 2

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To the nazis, the Germanic people’s who formed a “master race”
A misuse of the term- actually refers to indoeurpoean people’s who migrated into Indian subcontinent around 1500

Question 13

Holocaust 2

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A mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the nazi govt of Germany before. And during WWII

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Kristallnacht 2

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“Night of the broken glass” November 9,1938 on which nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues throughout Germany

Question 15

Ghettos 2

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Neighborhood of here’d Jews into a dismal, overcrowded segregated Jew area

Question 16

“Final Solution” 2

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Hitlers program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people

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Genocide 2

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The systematic killing of an entire people

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Dwight d Eisenhower 2

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American general who crushed Rommels afrika korps in may 1943

Question 19

Battle of Stalingrad 2

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A 1942-1943 battle of WWII which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union

Question 20

D day 2

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June 6, 1944 the day on which the allies began their invasion on the European mainland during WWII

Question 21

Battle of the bulge 2

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1944-1945 battle in which allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of WWII

Question 22

Kamikaze 2

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WWII Japanese suicide pilots trained to sink allied ships by crashing bomb filled planes into them

Question 23

Nuremberg trials

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Series of court proceedings held in Nuremberg,Germany after WWII in which the nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violation of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity

Question 24

Demilitarization

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A reduction in a country's ability to wage war, achieved by disbanding its armed forces and prohibiting it from acquiring weapons

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Democratization

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The process of creating a govt elected by the people

Question 26

More on Winston Churchill

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1874-1965 "Big Winnie" and the "English Bulldog" - known as a drunkard to hitler, had a speech defect but grew up to be a great orator. Bad student, son of British lord and American heiress=born into $$. Died at 95. Got a law degree from Oxford, the British parliament kicked him out but he came back

Question 27

More Battle of Britain 1

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After fall of France, Great Britain stood alone, W.C. "We shall never surrender" Hitlers first plan was to knock out RAF (royal Air Force) - britains Air Force In summer of 1940 Germany's Air Force the Luftwaffe began bombing Great Britain with the use of blitzkrieg- lightning war

Question 28

Royal Air Force (RAF) 1

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British attempt to put an Air Force up to compete with Germany's Luftwaffe

Question 29

German Luftwaffe 1

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Germany's Air Force which used blitzkrieg and bombed Great Britain

Question 30

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941

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Japs advancement in Far East- Manchuria and china - us is hypocritical ex: manifest destiny, James k Polk and the Mexicans US will cut off all trade with the japs completely- - cutting our oil supply to them These economic pressures became unbearable for them, causing severe shortages in Japan

Question 31

Did anyone know about this attack possibly before it occurred?? 1

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Yes, Secretary of State- Cordell hull | President FDR

Question 32

More on Pearl Harbor 1

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December 7,1941 on a Sunday at 7:55 am 8 out of 12 major battleships were destroyed 7 other medium warships completely damaged 185 out of 250 airplanes were totally destroyed Over 3500 men killed or wounded in attack Over 500 civilians killed or wounded

Question 33

Strategy 2

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Countries plan for the long term effect not the short term, like Peyton Allen and the coach at glenwood, not about winning or losing now its about putting yourself into an advantageous spot when it comes to the run for the trophy

Question 34

List the 6 countries

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``` Germany Italy Russia (Soviet Union) United States Japan Great Britain ```

Question 35

Germany 2

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Blitzkrieg- lightning war to attack, and quickly move out List of undesirables- people hitler wanted to off, Jews, Catholics, homosexuals, Asians, disabled Create a two front war, attack west first then attack the east

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Italy 2

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Team up with hitler and ride the coat tails of Germany | Promote and support hitler and he will lead us to the winning spot

Question 37

Great Britain

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Defense, defense, defense | Sit tight and wait for US to come in and back them up while they hit Germany hard with their offense

Question 38

Russia (soviet union)2

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Stalin has to get FDR and the US in the war to be helped out, we don't have a single thing in common with the communists othe than we both want to defeat hitler and Germany, Stalin has to convince Churchill to talk to FDR and get him in the picture

Question 39

United States 2

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Slap the japs | Get japs taken care of then move forces to Europe and take charge of hitler and Germany

Question 40

Japan 2

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Destroy allied naval fleet using kamikaze with the hope of knocking us out of war for one more year to take over islands and such

Question 41

Hiroshima

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a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6 ... World War 2 ... Atomic bombing

Question 42

Nagasaki

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A city in southwestern Japan On August 9, 1945, it became the target of the second atom bomb...

Question 43

Herschel grynszpan - started the night of the broken glass - kristallnacht

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A Jewish youth from Germany visiting uncle in Paris and sent a postcard that his father had been deported to Poland. He shot a German diplomat to avenge

Question 44

SS soldier

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Hitlers elite security force who hunted Jews and were the master race and killed

Question 45

German invasion of Poland

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First test of blitzkrieg,the strategy worked. | Was a surprise after the nonaggression pact

Question 46

German invasion of Czechoslovakia

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Began in 1938, during Hitlers invasion of territory beginning in WWII

Question 47

The system of fortifications

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The Maginot Line along France's border with Germany which the French and British stationed their troops

Question 48

The battleship Missouri

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Where japs officials surrendered unconditionally to US in Tokyo bay Partially sunk and damaged in Pearl Harbor President Harry s Truman happens to be from MO. (Irony)

Question 49

Tokyo, Japan

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Had terrible damage done to city in WWII by American and allied forces Capital of Japan

Question 50

"A date that will live in infamy."

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FDRs words about the Pearl Harbor attack by japs

Question 51

Japanese navy

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Ruthless, we're at their peak sizes during this war, the imperial navy

Question 52

Colonel James Doolittle

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Leader of the raiding american Air Force who bombed Tokyo and several other cities

Question 53

Warsaw

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Pol ands capital which endured Germany aircraft and merciless bombing until being officially invaded by Germany

Question 54

Berlin

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Germany's capital that had the Berlin Wall and separates the east and west sides. The wall was destroyed as of WWII

Question 55

Auschwitz

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The biggest concentration camp which killed e most lives, 4million just there, and displayed the words work makes you free, which were clearly false

Question 56

The battle of Leyte gulf

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October 1944 decisive air and sea battle that crippled the japs combined fleet

Question 57

Eva Braum

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Hitlers lover who was only married to hitler for 40 hours before committing suicide

Question 58

V-E day

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Victory in Europe day celebrated on may 8, 1945 Aka Veterans Day Commemorates the conclusion of fighting in Europe during WWII

Question 59

Japanese emperor

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Hirohito who gave US a history lesson part of Pearl Harbor

Question 60

Japanese parliament

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Question 61

Hong Kong

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Chinese city what was under British rule before and after wwii, when the japs surrendered it was then under control of Japan

Question 62

Dresden

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an attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony .... One of the more controversial attacks in WWII Fun fact: considered the porcelain capital of the world

Question 63

Marshall Philippe pétain

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French hero from WWII and left to a puppet govt in southern part of France

Question 64

Commander Chester Nimitz

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Commander in chief of us pacific fleet

Question 65

Nuremberg laws

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Passed in 1935 which deprived Jews of their German rights