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How was Japan similar to both Germany and Italy in relation to fixing their economic problems?
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| Through foreign expansion which would provide Japan with raw materials and markets for its goods. |
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| What country invaded Manchuria in 1931 and built mines and factories there? |
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| What country did Italy invade in 1935? |
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| What territory did Britain and France first allow Germany to take in order to appease Hitler? |
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| The Rhineland, located between France and Germany. |
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| What did Hitler later Admit he would have done if Britain and France would have challenged him? |
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| He would have backed down. |
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| What did the U.S. Neutrality Acts ban? |
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| These laws banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war. |
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| How did Great Britain rescue over 300,000 allied troops at Dunkirk? |
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| By sending over every available military and civilian boat in Britain to transport soldiers that were trapped at Dunkirk. |
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| How did Hitler plan on defeating Great Britain? |
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| Knock out the British Royal Air Force, and then invade with more than 250,000 troops. |
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| Why does Italy invade Egypt in 1940? |
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| To take control of the Suez canal which was a key waterway to the oil fields in the Middle East. |
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| Why were the Balkan countries of Southeastern Europe key to Hitler’s plan to invade the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)? |
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| Hitler wanted to build bases there in order to invade the Soviet Union. |
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| What was the Bataan Death March? What were the results? |
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| A forced march of more than 50 miles on allied prisoners by the Japanese military. |
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| What was the significance of the Battle of Coral Sea? |
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| It stopped the Japanese southern advance in the Pacific. |
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| What was the result of the Battle of Midway? |
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| The Americans stopped the Japanese advance westward, and the Japanese were on the defensive from this point forward. |
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| What was General MacArthur’s plan in the Pacific? |
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| Island hopping--not attacking all Japanese held islands-- which avoided large casualties on the Allies side. |
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| Where did Operation Torch, led by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, take place? |
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| Morocco and Algeria, in Northern Africa. |
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| After 90% of Stalingrad was controlled by German troops, what were the Soviet troops able to do? |
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| Surround the city and cut off the German army and cut off the German supplies. |
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| What were the results of the Battle of Stalingrad (soldiers and damage to the city)? |
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| Over one million soldiers killed or wounded on both sides and 99% of the city was destroyed. |
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| How was Mussolini caught and what did the Italians do to their former leader? |
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| Italian resistance fighters found Mussolini hiding in a German truck and shot him the next day. |
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| Describe how the United States converted their peacetime operations to wartime production. |
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| They converted factories that made consumer goods to military goods. |
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| What was Operation Overlord? (p.510) |
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| The invasion of Normandy, France, by Allied troops. The largest land and sea attack in history. |
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| What was the last major offensive by the German Army before the Allies eventually pushed the Germans back? (p.510) |
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| As the Russian's were retreating from the invading German army, what did they do to everything in their path? Why? (495) |
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| They burned and destroyed everything in their path so the German's could not use it for their benefit (scorched earth policy). |
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| What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad? |
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| With such a massive loss of manpower and equipment, the Germans simply did not have enough manpower to cope with the Russian advance to Germany when it came. |
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| What did the Japanese want to build on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands? |
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| To build a huge airbase on the island. |
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| giving in to an aggressor to keep the peace. |
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| Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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| an agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to attack each other. |
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| "lightning war" A form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces. |
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| What did the United States do to punish Japan for attacking China? |
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| Stopped selling oil and other resources to Japan. |
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| the systematic mass killing of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazi's. |
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| How many casualties did the United States estimate there would be if they invaded Japan |
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| What U.S. President decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japan? |
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| Other than the name of the city, what was located inside Stalingrad? |
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| It was the center of communications and manufacturing. |
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| What policy did Great Britain and France adopt initially towards Hitler? |
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| How much time did Admiral Yamamoto believe he would buy if he attacked Pearl Harbor? |
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| Which Ship suffered the most damage in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? |
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| Which of the following battles showed the Americans that an invasion of Japan would be very costly in troops and supplies? (Hint-It was also the last battle in the Pacific. |
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