WWII Flashcards by Erin Rondon

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Battle of midway

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Turning pt of war; very important

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Guadalcanal

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First island of island campaign

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Doolittle

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Boosted morale; first bombing of mainland

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Philippines

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First major land captured by japan

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Us embargo if japan

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Caused Pearl Harbor

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German declaration of war

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After bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Wendell Wilkie

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Defeated by Pres Roosevelt. 3rd term

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Soviet Union

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Attacked Poland with Germany

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Co signer of Atlantic Charter

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US and Britian

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First atomic bomb

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Hiroshima

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United Nations

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Established in 1945

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Battle of the bulge

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Last hooray for Germany; lots of casualties

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U-Boats

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German submarines

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Yalta Conference

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Get together and discuss what will happen; “big three”

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Battle if Atlantic

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Longest military campaign

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Operation Manhattan

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The atomic bomb they dropped

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Conditions of Japans surrender

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They got to keep they emperor Hirohito

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Patton

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Took over after operation torch; general

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German stopped in Russia

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Winter cold

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Calais

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When the Germans thought they were going to attack

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Rosie the riveter

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Icon for strong women

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Billy Mitchell

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Said he need a great Air Force

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Thomas Dewey

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Ran against Roosevelt

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Iwo Jima

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Marines killed getting 3 air fields from japan; picture of iconic flag holding

Doris Miller

Cook that got a gun and started shooting to help

Four freedoms

Speech, want, fear, and religion

Neville Chamberlain

Munich pact

Blitzkrieg

Lighting warfare

Bataan Death March

Japs marched American soldiers to starvation

Hide okay Tojo

Military leader of Japan

Hirohito

Japanese emperor