world war ll Flashcards

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what was the name of Hitler political party? nickname?

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national socialist German worker party. nickname nazi.

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what was the SA? nickname?

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paramilitary organization in German nazi party. nickname brown shirt

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what was the name of Hitler book he wrote while in jail?

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mien Kamper

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what was Kristallnacht

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night of broken glass

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what was Hitler belief called that would allow Germany more “living people”

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Lebensraum

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what was the night of long knives

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SS wiped out people who are not loyal to hitler

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where or what was the name of the first concentration camp in germeny

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dachau

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8
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why were more concentration camps built outside of Germany

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so the German didn’t know about the killing

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9
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what group of people were sent to concentration camps

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jews

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what country did Germany invade that started world war ll and date

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Poland, 1939

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what was the name of the “lighting war” tactic Germany used during world world ll

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blitzkrieg

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what was the final solution

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a faster way to way to kill the jews

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13
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who was in charge of the SS and final solution

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Himmler

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what was the name of nazi doctor in concentration camps that used alive people as experiments to test about hypothermia, twins, cloning genetics, and exchanging body parts

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Mengele

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when is it assumed hilter commits suicide

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April 30,1945

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16
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when is V-D day

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may 8,1945

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17
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what was Mussolini nickname of title

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il duce

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18
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what was his political ideology

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fascist

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19
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what was his name of intimidating soldiers that him helped him come to power

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black shirt

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20
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what was the African nation did Italy invade but had difficulty

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ethiopia

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who is the ruler of Russia during world war ll? what was his ideology

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Stalin, communism

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who did the Russia leader sign a non-aggression pact with so Russia would not be invade by Germany

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Hitler

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what country was to be split between Russia and Germany because of the non-aggression pact

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Poland

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what was the name of the policy Ukrainian and Russian people were to obey to make sure German solider would not have food and/or supplies

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scorched earth policy

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what are kulaks
Russian farmer
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what capital city of Russia that the Germans were trying to capture
Moscow
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who was the prime minister associated with the word appeasement
Neville chamberlain
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who become the prime minister of Great Britain at the outbreak of world war ll
Winston Churchill
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what were the name of the two fighter planes that saved Great Britain in the battle of Britain
hurricane and spilt fire
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what was the RAF
royal air force
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what was the capital city that was bombed constantly for two straight months by the Luftwaffe
London
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what was the British subway system called that also was used as bomb shelters
underground
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what was another name for the Normandy, France invasion by the allies? Date?
D-day, June 6,1944
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what was the capital of France
London
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who was the emperor of Japan
Hirohito
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what country did Japan invade prior to world war ll, and set up a "puppet government" in Manchuria?
China
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who planned the pearl harbor attack on the Americans? date?
Yamamoto, dec 7, 1941
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what were Japanese suicide pilots called
kamikaze
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what were Japan internment camp? where were they located
people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps. located in American
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what city was the capital of Japna
Tokyo
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when was V-J day
aug 14,1945
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who was the president until 1945
F.D Roosevelt
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who boomed Peral harbor to get the US involved in WWll? date?
Japan, dec,71941
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what was D-day? date
discussion day, June 6/1944
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who was the president that decided to drop two atomic bombs on Japan? date
Truman
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what was the name of the project to create the atomic bomb
Manhattan project
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who was the leading scientist for the development of the atomic bomb
Oppenheimer
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what was the first country to be invaded to start wwll? date?
Poland, sep 1, 1939
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what new tactic was used by the Germans to invade the Netherlands
blitzkrieg
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how was the battle of Britain fought
primarily fought in the air
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what port were 400,000 French, British, and Belgian troops trying to escape out of the advancing Germans
Dunkirk
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what was the battle that lasted over 891 days
siege
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what battle in Russia was considered the turning point of the war in the Europe
Stalingrad
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what naval battle was considered the turning point of the war in the pacific
midway
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in German city did hitler make his lasted stand
Munich
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who said " all I fear is we have awakened a sleeping giant"
Yamamoto
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who said "the buck stop here"
Truman
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who said "i have become death ...... destroyer of all world"
Oppenheimer
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who said " oh my god what have i done "
tippes
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who said " December 7, 1941...... a date which live in infamy"
Roosvelt
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who said " Germany wants is a little living space"
Hitler
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sep 1,1939
war world two stared
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may 8, 1945
D-V day victory in Europe
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aug 15, 1945
V-J day
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dec 7, 1941
attack on Peral harbor
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aug 6,1945
atomic bomb drop over Hiroshima
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june 6,1944
D-day
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aug 9, 1945
atomic bomb drop over Nagasaki