WWII Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Treaty of Versailles

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established conditions that led to the outbreak of WWII

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2
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Two effects of the Treaty

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Germany has to pay big reparations and several territories were taken away

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3
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Appeasement

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Britain and France gave in to Hitler’s demands fearing another war

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4
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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, and Japan

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5
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Italy Leader

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Mussolini

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6
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Germany Leader

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Hitler

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7
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Japan Leader

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Emperor Hirohito

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8
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All three leaders were..

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dictators

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9
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worsening economic conditions through a rise of dictatorial governments led to…..

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the Great depression

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10
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Germany militarism of the Rhineland l

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violated the Treaty of Versailles

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11
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What would mark the start of WWII?

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Germany and the Nazi’s invasion on Poland

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12
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Blitzkrieg war

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Germany fighting with tanks to quickly invade other countries

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13
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Blitzkrieg means

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lightning war

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14
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Russia

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Joseph Stalin

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15
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Great Britain

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Winston Churchill

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16
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The United States

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FDR (Harry Truman)

17
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Hitler believed Jews…

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were the cause of economic problems and unworthy of life.

18
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Kristallnacht

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Night of broken glass=they broke windows in Jewish businesses

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Hitler’s Final Solution

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Death camps and concentration camps trying to extinguish the Jewish population

20
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genocide

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the mass murder of one or more race

21
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Death camps had little to no….

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beds, showers, and food

22
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Auschwitz

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In Poland, was one of the infamous concentration camps

23
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“Arbet Mache Frei”

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Work will set you free (set above the concentration camps)

24
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Close to_____out of_______European Jews were killed.

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Holocaust
the mass murder of six million Jews
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war criminals were charged for their......
"crimes against humanity"
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Nuremberg Trials
After WWII, Nazi war criminals were put on trial
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What was the most common defense for Nazis
They were following orders given by their superiors
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Dec. 7 1941
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor bringing the US into the war.
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Pearl Harbor
A naval base in Hawaii
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FDR calls..
"The day that will live in infamy"
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D-day
US soldiers invaded Normandy, France and defeated Germany
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D-Day was launched from
the United Kingdom
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The Battle of Britain
Hitler's Nazi Luftwaffe continually bombed London
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Anderson Bomb Shelters
London people used them to protect them from bombs
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Hitler broke the___________with the USSR
non-aggression pact
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US dropped the bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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due to the terrible violence and destruction the______was formed
United Nations