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Spanish Civil War |
Franco led the fascist party in Spain known as the Falange. They were opposed by the Loyalist, or Republicans, people who favored a republic. What war did this lead to? |
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Munich Conference |
September 1938, Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland be annexed to Germany. British and French were fearful so they appeased to Hitler. What conference was this? |
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Atlantic Charter |
August 1941, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill met on British battleship and drew statement that set the national policies of their democracies. What statement was this? |
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Yalta Conference |
1945, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin(the Big Three) met in the Soviet Union and decided that after Germany was defeated it would be divided and occupied by Allied troops. Soviet Union was to enter war against Japan. Which conference? |
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Dunkirk |
British, Belgian, and French troops were trapped by German forces at seaport of Dunkirk. They were transported across English Channel to England(between May 27-June 4). |
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Atomic bombs were dropped onto Japanese cities by the U.S. in August 1945 so the Japanese surrendered, ending World War 2. |
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Sicily |
July 1943, American and British armies attacked the island of Sicily. They soon took the island over and Mussolini had to resign. When the allies landed on the southwestern part of Italy(September 1943), Italy agreed to cease aggression against the allies. |
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Blitzkreig |
Germany created "lightning war" where they use the speed and force of air power as well as mobile ground troops. |
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Final Solution |
Hitler ordered the annihilation of the entire Jewish population in Europe(1941). Germans created a system to locate, capture, transport, and exterminate. |
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Sudetenland |
portion of Czechoslovakia claimed by Hitler. |
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Stalingrad |
Battle in which the Nazi advance east through Russia was halted. |
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Midway |
A naval battle that was a turning point in the war near the Pacific. |
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Normandy |
Location for Operation Overlord, the invasion of northwest France. It would be the largest invasion in history. On June 6, 1944 D-Day (a victory). |
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Danzig |
B/c Danzig had a large German population, Hitler claimed it for Germany. Hitler then intensified his campaign against Poland after securing Austria and Czechoslovakia. |
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Guadalcanal |
First U.S. invasion of Japanese-held territory(August 1942). |
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Island Hopping |
1943 allies took the offensive in the Pacific. Forces from Australia and New Zealand assisted the U.S., driving the Japanese out of the Solomon Islands. |
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Collaborators |
People who assist the enemies. Just like Quisling who led the Norwegian Fascist Party in Norway. He is now a symbol of traitor. |
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El Alemein |
Turning point in war in North Africa. German General Rommel was defeated in Egypt(October 1942). |
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Luftwaffle |
Hitler's air force. Also had a radar force called RAF(Royal Air Force). |
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Memel |
City in Lithuania ceded to the Germans. Like Danzig it had a large German population w/ an active Nazi party. |
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Pearl Harbor |
December 7 1941, Japan did a surprise attack on the U.S. naval fleet resulting in the entry of the U.S. to enter the war. |
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Isolationism |
1939, many Americans believed that Europe's wars were of no concern of the U.S. and stayed away from them. The leaders of this movement were responsible for keeping the U.S. otu of the League of Nations at the end of WW1. |
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German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact |
1939 this agreement was between Germany and the soviets to partition Poland. It gave Hitler the chance to begin WW1 b/c he attacked even though he agreed not to in this pact. |
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North Africa |
The first allied offensive against the Axis powers came w/ the landings in North Africa. |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact |
1928 in Paris, 62 nations signed an agreement that made war "illegal". This did not last long for a war did start in the late 1930's. |
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Lend-Lease Act |
U.S. Congress in early 1941 passed a law which authorized the president to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit. Winston Churchill appealed to the U.S. |
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V-E Day |
May 8, 1945, day of victory in Europe. |
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V-J Day |
September 2, 1945, Representatives of both sides signed the Japanese surrender document aboard the American battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. |
