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| What acts of aggression did Italy commit? |
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| launched an invasion of Ethiopia |
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| What acts of aggression did Germany commit? |
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- occupied the Rhineland
- annexed Austria
- invaded Czechoslovakia
- invaded Poland |
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| What acts of aggression did Japan commit? |
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- marched into Manchuria
- conquered large areas of eastern China and slaughtered thousands of Nanking |
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| What was the League of Nations' response to Japan's and Italy's aggression, and was it effective? |
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| The League of Nations issued declarations critical of Italy and it forbade the importation of some Italian goods, but the actions had to real effect. |
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| What other aggressive acts did Hitler take that were not related to grabbing territory? |
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- made himself furer
- refused to pay reparations
- rearmed Germany
- withdrew Germany from the League of Nations
-formed an alliance with Italy and Germany
- established a Third Reich |
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| The British developed a new invention called the ___ to detect incoming enemy planes. |
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| When does Stalin join the Allies? |
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| Stalin joins the Allies when Hitler decides to invade Russia in Operation Barbarossa, ignoring the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact |
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| What program did the US begin so that it could arm any nation it believed was vital to its defense? |
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| What was the significance of the Battle of Midway? |
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| The US won the battle and destroyed four of Japan's aircraft carriers. The battle ended Japan's advances on the South Pacific. |
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| Hitler used ____ to rally the German people and gain power. |
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| Hitler told the German people that they were a master ___ race and their troubles were caused by ___. |
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| Nazis set up ___ for socialists, communists, and others who opposed Nazi views. |
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| Nazi forced Jews to wear the yellow ___ in countries the conquered. |
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| Nazi ___ in conquered territory murdered around a million Jews and others that Hitler viewed as inferior. |
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| As German troops marched across Europe, they forced Jews and others into ____. |
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| Hitler implemented the "___", a plan to kill all the Jews in Europe. |
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| Nazis constructed special concentration camps in Poland known as ___ to carry out Hitler's Final Solution. |
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| The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime (1941-45). |
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| In all, the Holocaust claimed the lives of approximately ___ people, including about ___ Jews-- two-thirds of the Jews in Europe. |
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| Why is the Battle of Stalingrad considered the turning point in the war on the Eastern Front? |
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| Hitler’s advance on the Eastern Front was halted. |
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| What geographical factor added to German losses at Stalingrad? |
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| Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb? |
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| What strategy did the United States pursue in waging war against Japan? |
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| Who commanded the cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second western front in Europe? |
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| Who were the British commander and the German commander at the Battle of El Alamein? |
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| the day the Allies launched a massive assault on Nazi-occupied France |
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| The Nazi’s systematic murder of European Jews and others is known as the __________. |
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| He was the Fascist dictator of Italy who formed an alliance with Hitler during World War II. His major military campaigns were in North Africa and Greece. |
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| He was the Fascist dictator of Italy who formed an alliance with Hitler during World War II. His major military campaigns were in North Africa and Greece. |
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| Eisenhower and Montgomery |
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| Which city was the site of the battle that was considered the major turning point in the war on the Eastern Front? |
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| Which battle marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific? American forces succeeded in stopping the enemy advance there with a surprise air attack on the Japanese warships. |
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| What are the two chambers of the United Nations? |
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| the General Assembly and the Security Council |
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| Who was the first person chosen to chair the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations? |
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