Warm Up World War II
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catiehance on April 30, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 which country was the first to be conquered by the blitzkrieg | Poland |
| what is blitzkreig | lightning war |
| name the northern city in frnce where the british sent an armada to save 338000 retreating french troops | dunkirk |
| germany conquered france and set up this puppet government in the south | vichy |
| three hero cities in russia resisted the nazi onslaught. name the hero cities | leningrad, moscow, stalingrad |
| the german advance was stopped at el alamein in this allied country in north africa | egypt |
| the japanese took the chinese cities of ____,_____,_____ | beijing, nanking, sganghai |
| the furthest western advance of the japanese was the british colony of ______ | burma |
| japan took the colony of the dutch east indies (java, sumatra, and borneo) from what european country | netherlands |
| japan planned to invade australia but was stopped at the battle _________ | coral sea |
| the eastern advance of japan was stopped at the battle of _____________ (june 1942) | midway |
| ______ and _____ were the last two islands taken by america before the atomic bombs were dropped | okinawa, iwo jima |
| in operation _____, eisenhower attacked north africa | torch |
| _______ germans surrendered at stalingrad | 90,000 |
| at the ______ conference, british prime minister churchill and president roosevelt agree to attack italy first (city in morocco) | casablanca |
| _____ and ______ were the two beaches where the americans landed in operation overlord | utah, omaha |
| _________ was the last german offensive (counter-attack) | battle of the bulge |
| _______ (each) japanese were killed at hiroshima and nagasaki _______ (total) | 70,000------140,000 |
| 2 nazi persecutions (how) | gas chambers stravation |
| 2 nazi persecutions (where) | ghettos auschwitz |
| 2 nazi persecutions (@6 million) | jews undersirables |
| which coutries had the most labor camps? which had the most death camps | germany-----poland |
| goering and hess were found guilty at this trial | nuremberg trials |
| military dictator of japan | tojo |
| how did he die | put on trial and hung |
| who drew up a new constitution for japan | MacArthur |
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