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Unit 17 Vocab Flashcards

1
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An agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another

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Nonaggression pact

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2
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Lightning war

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Blitzkrieg

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3
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French general who tried to set up a government in exile committed to reconquering France

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Charles de Gaulle

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4
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Britain prim minster during WWII

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Winston Churchill

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5
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A battle between German and Britain air forces that lasted until May 10, 1941

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Battle of Britain

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6
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Joint declaration that upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government

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Atlantic charter

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7
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Japan’s greatest naval strategist who was the leader in the attack for Pearl Harbor

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Isoroku Yamamoto

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8
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December 7, 1941 attack from Japanese on military base in Hawaii

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Pearl Harbor

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9
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Battle that turned the war in the pacific against the Japanese

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Battle of midway

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10
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Commander of the allied land forces in the pacific

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Douglas MacArthur

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Battle to gain control of the Guadalcanal island between japan and the U.S. that lasted six months

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Battle of Guadalcanal

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12
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German people aka master race

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Aryans

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13
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The mass slaughter of none Aryan citizens

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Holocaust

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14
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Night of broken glass

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Kristallnacht

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15
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Segregated Jewish areas

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Ghettos

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16
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Hitlers program of genocide

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Final solution

17
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The systematic killing of an entire people

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Genocide

18
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General that took control of Tobruk In 1941

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Erwin Rommel

19
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General in control of British forces in North Africa

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Bernard Montgomery

20
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American general of troops landing in Morocco and Algeria

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

21
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Battle in The Soviet Union against Germany in 1942

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Battle of Stalingrad

22
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The day that operation overlord started on

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D-day

23
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Battle that German tanks broke through the American lines

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Battle of the bulge

24
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Japanese suicide pilots

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Kamikaze

25
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The trial against the nazis for the cause of WWII

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Nuremberg trials

26
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Disbanding the Japanese armed forces

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Demilitarization

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