Set: AP Euro - World War II (1939-1945)

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Axis Powers 1939; Germany, Italy, and Japan
Tripartite Treaty of 1940 1940; An extension of the Rome-Berlin Axis to Include Japan
Blitzkrieg Germany's "Ligntning war"
Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 Hitler's Agreement with Stalin over the conquering of Poland
Sitzkrieg "Phony War" with Hitler in 1939-1940 where Hitler prepared for his attack
Maginot Line 1939; The French defense against a German invasion
Miracle of Dunkirk 1940; After Hitler conquered France and trapped the British soldiers, the British were able to ferry the British soldiers accross the English Channel to saftey
Vichy Government 1940; Puppet State in France
(Marshall) Petain 1940; The head of the Vichy Government
(Charles) De Gaulle 1940; The leader of French resistance forces; Escaped to England to orchestrate French resistance against the Vichy Government and the Nazis
(Winston) Churchill Prime Minsiter of England in 1940 and 1955; Successor to Chamberlain
Luftwaffe German Air Force during the Battle for Britain
(Hermann) Goering The leader of the German Luftwaffe
Operation Barbarossa 1941; Hitler's offensive against Russia; Goal was to gain control of the Ukraine's wheat fields and oil fields
Siege of Leningrad The battle where Hitler's soldiers waited during the cold, Russian winter
Lend Lease Act 1941 March; Congress' act which alled the president to lend or sell war materials to any country he deemed vital to that country's defense
Big Three The common name for British-Soviet-US economic alliance
Atlantic Charter 1941 August; Roosevelt and Churchill's peace principles
(Bernard) Montgomery 1942; British General who defeated German and Italian forces in North Africa
(Erwin) Rommel 1942; Led German and Italian forces in North Africa at El Alamein
(Dwight D.) Eisenhower 1942; American general who took command of joing Anglo-American forces in Morocco and Algiers
Battle fo the Coral Sea 1942; The first battle where the US defeated Japan and both stopped their advance in the Pacific and prevented another attach on Hawaii
Battle of Midway 1942; Battle between the US and Japan wheich established American naval superiority in the Pacific
(Douglas) MacArthur 1942; The Americnan General who started island-hopping to capture strategic Japanese-held islands
Guadalcanal The location of the first US offensive against Japan in the Solomon Islands
Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943; A six month struggle in which Soviet forces defeated Germany; The turning point in World War II
Casablanca The meeting place of Roosevelt and Churchill where they decided to not surrender until the Axis surrendered unconditionally
(George) Patton The Allies' General who invaded Sicily then mainland Italy; Made Mussolini resign and Italy surrender
Teheran 1943; The location of the meeting of the Big Three for the first time; Agreed on postware occupation of Germany, demilitiraziton of Germany, and the creation of an international peace organization; Roosevelt promised to open up a second front through France
Invasion of Normandy 1944; "D-Day"; Eisenhower directed an assault on a beach in France; Established the second front through France
Battle of the Bulge 1944; Germany's last effort of a counterattach through Belgium and the Argonne Forest
Yalta Conference 1945; The name of the meeting which drew the structure of postware Europe; Finally decided on the division of Germany; Stalin agreed to hold free elections in Easter Europe and to declare war against Japan in return for land lost in the Russo-Japanese war
Battle of Iwo Jima 1945; Battle agasint America and Tokyo
VE Day May 8, 1945; The name of the day which ended World War II
Potsdam Conference 1945; The meeting of Chruchill, Stalin, and Truman to address issues of postware Gernamy and free Eastern Europe elections
Holocaust The efforts of Hitler and the Nazis to destroy all of the Jews of Europe
Nuremberg Laws 1935; Laws which placed severe restrictions on Jews in Germany
Kristallnacht 1938; Riots against Jews which initiated a persecution of Jews
United Nations 1945; An international organization to preserve peace; Proceeded the League of Nations

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Created May 4, 2008
Group Central Catholic High School
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AP Euro - World War II (1939-1945)

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  1. (Hermann) Goering → The leader of the German Luftwaffe - 6 misses
  2. Guadalcanal → The location of the first US offensive against Japan in the Solomon Islands - 6 misses
  3. Operation Barbarossa → 1941; Hitler's offensive against Russia; Goal was to gain control of the Ukraine's wheat fields and oil fields - 5 misses
  4. (Bernard) Montgomery → 1942; British General who defeated German and Italian forces in North Africa - 5 misses
  5. Battle fo the Coral Sea → 1942; The first battle where the US defeated Japan and both stopped their advance in the Pacific and prevented another attach on Hawaii - 5 misses
  6. Yalta Conference → 1945; The name of the meeting which drew the structure of postware Europe; Finally decided on the division of Germany; Stalin agreed to hold free elections in Easter Europe and to declare war against Japan in return for land lost in the Russo-Japanese war - 5 misses
  7. Potsdam Conference → 1945; The meeting of Chruchill, Stalin, and Truman to address issues of postware Gernamy and free Eastern Europe elections - 5 misses