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| Who were the leaders of the Axis countries? |
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Germany: Adolf Hitler
Italy: Benito Mussolini
Japan: Emperor Hirohito |
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| Who were the leaders of the Allied countries? |
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Great Britain: Winston Churchill
Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin
United States: Franklin Roosevelt |
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| What did Dwight Eisenhower do during WWII? |
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| planned D-day invasion of Normandy |
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| What did Bernard Montgomery do during WWII? |
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| defeated Germans in North Africa |
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| What did Douglas Macarthur do during WWII? |
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| designed island hopping; "I have returned" |
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| What did Isoroku Yomamoto do during WWII? |
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| planned attack on Pearl Harbor |
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| What did Erwin Rommel do during WWII? |
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| German commander in North Africa who planned Atlantik Wall |
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| What did Heinrich Himmler do during WWII? |
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| head of the S.S., Hitler protection force |
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| What agressive actions did Hitler take in the years before invading Poland? |
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| ignore Treaty of Versilles, armed the Rhineland, forces Austria, the Sudetenland, and Czechoslovkia into annexation |
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| What were the responses by Western Europe to Hitler's actions? |
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| appeasment: handing over someone else's domain |
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| What is a blitzkrieg? Describe how it works. |
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lightening war
1st-air power
2nd-tanks
3rd-mobile infantry |
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| What was the S.S.? What did they do? |
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| Hitler's protection force; in charge of ghettos and death camps |
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| What was the lend-lease act? |
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| lended money to supply US Allies in WWII |
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| What was the Non-Aggression Pact? What was the secret deal in it? |
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| Stalin and Hitle agreed to not attack each other; deal to split Poland |
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| What happened at Dunkirk? |
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| Allies saved by miracle of privately owned boats rescuing soldiers a few at a time |
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| What advantages did Britain have in the Battle of Britain? |
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| home-air, RADAR, determined citizens |
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| What was Hitler's plan to invade England named? |
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| What stopped the Germans in Russia? |
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| Rasputista: harsh Russian winter |
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| Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? |
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| They didnt want to have to worry about US while atacking other islands |
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| What were the US loses at Pearl Harbor? |
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| 2,000 deaths and severe fleet damage |
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| What was the Bataan Death March? |
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| Japanese led soldiers who surrendered on a brutal, often fatal march through the Bataan Jungle. |
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| How did the US bomb Tokyo in April 1942? |
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| Jimmy Doolittle led 16 B-29s off the US Hornet |
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| Why was the battle of Coral Sea fought? |
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| to stop Japanese from taking over shipping lanes to Austria |
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| What was the turning point of the Pacific War? |
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| What battle was the turning point in Russia? |
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| What kind of battle was Stalingrad? |
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| What was the "Atlantik Wall"? |
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| What was Operation Bodyguard? |
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| fool Germans into thinking Allied troops will land at Calais instead of Normandy |
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| What were the 5 beaches at Normandy? |
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| Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword |
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| Where did the Americans cross at the Rhine? |
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| He took a poison pill and shot himself in the head. |
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| "side-stepping" heavily guarded islands, take control of other islands, then cut off supplies to "side-stepped" islands |
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| Why were island invasions so brutal? |
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| all invasions came from the water, so there was no where to retreat to |
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| Why were the Mariana Islands important capture? |
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| gain easier access to Main Island(Japan) |
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| Where did General Macarthur "return" to in 1944? |
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| What tactics were used in bombing Japan? |
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| Why was Iwo Jima important to capture? |
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| emergency landing base for US |
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| What famous event occured on Mount Suribachi? |
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| What battle was the last in the Pacific? |
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| What was the top-secret A-bomb project called? |
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| What cities were bombed with A-bombs? |
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| Where was the surrender of Japan signed? |
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| What was the "Final Solution"? |
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| decision to kill all "subhumans" |
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| Where they held the Jews before the Final Solution |
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| How were the Holocaust prisoners killed? |
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| What camp was the largest? |
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| What did Ike do when he arrived at the newly liberated camps? |
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| ordered press to document the camps so no one could deny it actually happened |
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| What German group ran the concentration camps? |
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| What happened to the Japanese Americans on the West Coast in WWII? |
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| relocated to holding camps |
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| How did US women help in WWII? |
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| filled defense jobs, joined military in support roles |
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