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WW1-WW2

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The Russian Revolution is comparable to this book..?
Animal Farm
Which WW2 leader is incorrectly described?
Adolph Hitler- Fascist leader of Italy
Which beach during the D-Day invasion led to heavy American casualties as troops face entrenched German forces.
Bloody Omaha
the turning point in the war in the eastern theater of war as the Soviet victory stopped the German advance and began their retreat back to Germany
Battle of Stalingrad
This pact was signed between Hitler and Stalin as an agreement that Germany would not invade the Soviet Union. Hitler soon broke the agreement and found himself fighting a two-front war with the Soviets to the East
Non-Aggression Pact
Which provision of the Treaty of Versailles is NOT accurate?
Blamed Serbia for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The failed policy adopted by the allies that agreed to give in to Hitler's demands to take territory surrounding Germany (Sudetenland) in exchange for his promise not to take the rest of Czechoslovakia, Poland etc.
Munich Conference Policy of Appeasement
Term meaning "lightening war" a strategy that called for a surprise, coordinated attack that would overwhelm the enemy. A tactic used by Hitler with great effectiveness to take Poland, France & most of Europe.
Blitzkreig
the turning point battle in the Western theater of war as the allies established a critical second front on the beaches of Normandy and began to force the Germans to retreat
Battle of Normandy (D-Day)
Hitler's anti-antisemitism and belief in the superiority of the Aryan race led to the death of 11 million in areas under German control. 6 million were Jews who Hitler had systematically eliminated during the ___________
Holocaust
The Fascist party that came to power in Germany in the 1930's using terror tactics to achieve its goal of a strong German nation
Nazi Party
The phases of Hitler's hatred began with discrimination through the Nuremberg Laws escalated to concentration camps, and ultimately to the __________ __________ where death camps led to the death of millions.
Final Solution
The alliance of the Big 3 during WW2 against Germany, Italy and Japan is called..?
the Allied Powers
Modern weapons of WWI led to high casualties and a 4-year stalemate on the Western Front of the war.
all of the choices
this term describes the unification of people with common bonds under intense loyalty to one's country but also led to a divisive force when nationalists wanted to be liberated from imperial rule by other countries; like
nationalism
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