WWII Flashcards

(30 cards)

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The American commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific during World War II was

A

Douglas MacArthur

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In the _________ after World War II former nazi leaders face charges of waiting a war of aggression and committing crimes against humanity

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The Nuremberg Trials

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3
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Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II was

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Winston Churchill

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The French general who set up a government in exile want in London and organized the free French military forces during World War II was

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Charles de Gualle

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The American general who served as a commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II

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Dwight D Eisenhower

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6
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Picture big boy Terry strategy that means lightning war was

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Blitzkreig

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German air attacks on Britain’s Air Force and cities that lasted from summer of 1940 until May 10, 1941 is known as the

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Battle of Britain

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The first day of the invasion of Normandy it World War II is known as

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D-Day

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9
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The battle that brought the war in Europe to a quick end was

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Battle of the bulge

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10
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The process of disbanding the countries Armed Forces is called

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Demilitarization

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The short battle that turned the tide of war in favor of the allies in the Pacific was the

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Battle of Midway

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12
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Mass killing of a certain group of people

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Genocide

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13
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Who was the greatest naval strategist also called the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Admiral Yamamoto

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14
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Who fought in the battle of Guadalcanal

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The US and Japan

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15
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Island hopping was a

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War tactic used by the US

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16
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In what battle did Japan attack midway island that was 1500 miles west of Hawaii

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Battle of midway

17
Q

What was the code name for d day

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Operation overlord

18
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Why did Germany not win Battle of the Bulge

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Lack of fuel and weather

19
Q

On February 19, 1942 all people of_______ancestry on the west coast of the US we’re sent to prison camps

20
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__________ was head of the Manhattan project which was when the first atomic bomb was created

A

J Robert Oppenheimer

21
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After World War II who took over most European governments

22
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___________ was the U.S. Open Europe rebuild after the war and try to stop the communists

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The Marshall plan

23
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What were the two steps of the Marshall plan

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1: help rebuild Europe
2: remove communists

24
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_______ was when people were put on trial for crimes against humanity and genocide

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The Nuremberg Trials

25
Japan adopts a new _________ in 1947
A new constitution
26
Japan's new constitution states that
Japan will not attack another country
27
What were the Aryans
The "master race" or in WWII were the Germans/Nazis
28
What was the mass genocide of the Jewish people
Holocaust
29
What was Hitlers "the Final Solution"
mass genocide of Jews or sending them to concentration camps
30
The joint declaration issued by Roosevelt and Churchill during World War II of holding free-trade about nations at the rate of people to choose their own government was called the
Atlantic charter