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start to finish years?
Us involvement?

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1939- 1945

US: dec 7 1941-1945

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4 parts of the treaty of versailles

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1) germany looses its empire
2) germany looses its military
* can keep 100,000 many army
3) must pay the allies $33 billion in damages; causes severe economic depression
4) war guilt clause; take full blame

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2 things hitler promised

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get them out of the depression

make them a world power

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3 allie’s, 3 axis + their leaders

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allies
1) soviet union- stallin
2) Britain- churchill
3) US- fdr

axis

1) germany- hitler
2) italy- mussolini
3) japan- hirohito

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what is mein kampf, what quote was taken out of it that showed hitters plan for world domination

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hitlers autobiography: blueprint for future

“those who want to fight, let them fight. those who do not want to fight, do not deserve to live”

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why did germany need to fight

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had been cheated out of territory by the treaty of versailles

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hitlers 2 reasons why germany needs to fight

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more living space

not all german speaking people are under the German flag

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where did hitler feel the vast amount of territory should come from

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poland and russia

expanding east

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how big of an army was germany allowed to have

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100,000 men

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why must germanys rearmament be kept a secret

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did not want to anger allie’s. was not allowed.

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how did hitler build an army and still obey the treaty.

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built up the reserves

called the SS “police officers”

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where did hitler get money to raise his army

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wealthy german industrialists

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where is rhineland located? why did germany want it so badly?

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between france and germany

germans lived there but france owned it. if germans live there, they should own it.

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when hitler took over rhineland, what did he say his intentions were to the rest of the world.

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Germany will never break peace.

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we’re hitlers actions in violation of the treaty of versailles

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yes

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what did france and england do to germany? why not?

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nothing

memories from WW1 are still fresh

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what did hitler admit would have happened if england and france had gone to war

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he would have lost

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could hitler have been stopped before the outbreak of the war? IMO.

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yes. he would have lost if england and france went to war.

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why did hitler want austria

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he was born there

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how many people died when hitler took austria

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0

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what happened to the jews in austria

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jailed or sent to concentration camps

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how many people came under german file without firing a shot

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7 million

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who was the prime minister of england at this time

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chamberlaind

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what piece of land did hitler assure chaimberland would be his last.

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sudetenland

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what did each side get in the munich agreement
germany got sudetenland england got peace
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what does appeasement mean
to give in to an aggressor to keep the peace
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what happens to the country of czechoslovakia
it falls
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what was the nazi soviet pact
they are not going to fight each other for 10 years
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what country was invaded first to start WW11? what was the year?
poland 1939
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understanding proaganda
scapegoat: blame others *jews we’re blamed for all problems control the media: only let people hear what they want to hear
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facism
fascism=extremism 1)extreme nationalism- country is the best *nation is greater than the individual 2)extreme militarism- warlike *soldier/warrior is greater than the civilian 3)extreme racism- predujdice 4)extreme imperialism- empire seekers *goal is to conquer the world 5) almost cult like *leader is “god like”
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order of the 5 countries hitler took over
rhineland austria sudetenland czecslovakia poland
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militarists in japan
lived by the samural code: joining the military was the highest honor. dying in war is the greatest possible honor. god chose the japanese to conquer asia japanese felt america wanted to keep them weak and therefore should be destroyed government controls the media and what was taught in school.
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what part of the armed forces was the battle of britain between
air force
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battle of britain: what country had more planes and pilots?
germany
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what major technological advantage did britiain have to help them protect their island
radar
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what types of targets were the germans bombing at the BEGINNING of the battle
military targets
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major mistake hitler made?
hitler was 6 days away from defeating the british air force. britiain bombed german civilians. hitler bombs the british civilians thinking they would surrender, they instead went harder. by the time hitler made this mistake he had to wait a year to cross the english chanel because of the waves.
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who won the battle of britiain
britain
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how many presidency terms does fdr serve
4
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the us was officially
neutral
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how did the US build up their defenses
1) military spending increased 2)hold a draft
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cash and carry
britain could buy us weapons as long as they paid in cash and transported them in their own ships. do not want a repeat of WW1
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lend lease act
britain has no more cash. the LLA said the US could loan weapons to any country whose defense is vital to the us
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what is the einsatzgrupprn 3 problems according to hitler?
mobile killing squads killed over 1 million in 6 months 1)waste of ammo 2) too personal for the executioners. psychological taxing 3)not fast enough
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what is the date of pearl harbor
december 7, 1941
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describe pearl harbor
by 1941 japan started building their empire the us responded by cutting off trade the major good we cut off is oil. japan got 100% of their oil from the us. they suprise attacked us within 2 hrs: 2400 americans killed. 1700 wounded Japanese goal : knock us out of the war before we could get in greatest loss of life was on the USS arizona. half the people killed on this ship 4 days later. germany and italy declare war on us. (hitlers 3rd mistake) we only wanted to declare on japan.
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what is a japanese intermittent camp? why are they placed in these camps?
concentration camp racism/discrimination
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why did the nazis hate the jews
1) the jews killed jesus 2) the jews are blamed for loosing WW1 3)jews are blamed for the depression 4) jews are subhuman
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2 reasons why jews didn’t leave europe when germany was starting to invade
-other countries wouldn’t take them - this was there home. felt they had to die there
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how does nazi party make money off the holocost
rent the jews out as slave labor
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when did the US gov find out abt the holocaust
1942
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where were the largest death camps?
poland
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where would jews be sent according to the final solution
death camps
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what is the jewish question and answer
question: where do we put the jewish population answer: final solution
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how did the jews get killed(final solution)
gassing
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where would the death camps be located
eastern europe so german citizens don’t get offended by death on a gigantic scale
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what did ghetto life look like
-run down building -sharp glass in the concrete -barbed wire -nazi guards w machine guns
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left point meant right point meant
left: instant death right: few days or weeks to live
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who was immediately sent to death
children -elderly, pregnant, handicapped
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how did nazis trick jews into getting in the gas chambers
labeled the gas chambers as a shower
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what happened to the sky’s above the camp
dark with clouds of smoke
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where did a prisoner tell a little girl her mom was
in the smoking gas chamber
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how did the nazis profit off of the death of the jews
-took the jews belongings/valuables -golden teeth yanked out -fat from corpses was boiled into soap -target practice -human skin into lamps
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other ways prisoners were killed by guards
-target practice -starvation -brown babies with mom watching -games of tag, loosers got shot
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3 medical experiments performed by nazis
changing eye color- inject dye into eyes gives high doses of radiation operated without anesthetic to see how much pain they could endure how much water until their lungs burst
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how many jews were killed in the holocaust
more than 6 million
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many of the top nazi leaders were put on ____ for their actions
trial
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what was the defense many people used for taking part in the holocaust
“merely following orders”
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what happened to germany after WW11
it was in ruins few jobs, poverty, despair and humiliation
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how long was the german empire supposed to last?
1,000 years
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what year did hitler invade the soviet union
1941
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why was the war in europe and north africa a big surprise for the world to see?
nazi-soviet pact
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what had stopped hitler in his tracks just outsdie of moscow and leningrad
bitter cold
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how much of stalingrad did the german army control at one time?
9/10
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what happened that allowed the soviets to begin a massive counterattack
-another winter -cold allowed them to roll tanks in
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as the germans were surrounded what were hitlers orders
“stay and fight, i won’t go back from the volga”
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how many soviets died protecting stalingrad
1,100,000
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why was the war in europe and north africa a turning point in the war
germaine empire starts to shrink
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what continent did the allie’s liberate first in Ww11
africa
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who was the commander of the allied forces
dwight D eisenhaur
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what was the next country that the allie’s decided to liberate
italy
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what world leader lost control of his country in 1943
mussolini
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who had larger empire at the height of their power: germany or japan?
japan
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what is the significance of midway
turning point in the war. japanese empire starts to shrink
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date of D-Day
6/6/44
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2 beaches US landed at? which had most killings?
Utah and Omaha Omaha
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when did the japanese know they could not win the war? how do we know?
summer 1944 mass suicide
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what is a kamikaze
suicide bomb
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explain saipan, iwo jima, okinawa
Saipan: June 1944 -japanese are not surrenduring, mass suicides (abt 10,000) -shameful to surrender Iwo Jima: Feb 1945 *famous for flag raising picture -learn they are not surrendering -20k japanese killed, 6k americans killed Okinawa: May 1945 -last island before japan -they are not surrendering -unleash 1900 kamikazes - sink 35 ships, kill 5k civilians -america looses 12,500 japan looses 110,000
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japans protection against an invasion?
kamikaze
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what is the manhattan project
develops the bomb
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how many american casualties if they invade japan
1 million
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people against using the bomb? why?
eisenhower: 1) morally wrong 2)unecceary, japan is gonna surrender 3) world might turn against us
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president truman
didn’t know about bomb until he came president truman couldn’t say no truman and churchill wanted to use bomb
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how many japanese are supposed to fight and die?
1 million
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name of the plane that drops the bomb? pilot? bomb name?
enola gay paul tibet’s little boy
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soviet union and bomb
they are next us enemy. we dropped the bomb to scare the SU
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idea of “we built/spent money on the bomb”
2.5 billion spent just a weapon we built it, why not use it
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unconditional surrender with Japan
evidence japan was trying to surrender all summer with one condition. They get to keep their exporer. Us says no, drops 2 bombs. Japan surrenders but keeps their emporer
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veterans and POWS of japan war
95% of vets say truman saved their life because they didn’t have to invade
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reasons US picked hiroshima and nagasaki to bomb
-industrialized -military target -high population hiroshima- aug 6, 1945. 130,000kill nagasaki- aug 9, 1945. 40,000 kill

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