Ch. 26 Study Guide – Flashcards
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Which country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany?
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the Soviet Union
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the name given to the proposed alliance of Japan, Manchuria, and China
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New Order
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leader of Hitler's SS troops
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Heinrich Himmier
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The United States defeated Japan in a battle here to turn the tide of World War II in Asia.
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Midway island
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the new name given to Manchuria by Japan after it was conquered
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Manchokuo
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the special Nazi strike forces used to round up Jews
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Einsatzgruppen
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This European city was bombed extensively by the German air force
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London
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This German city was firebombed extensively by the British
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Dresden
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The first atomic weapon was dropped on this Japanese city
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Hiroshima
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treaty between Germany and Japan promising a common front against communism
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Anti-Comintern Pact
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gave Hitler the freedom to attack Poland
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Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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"lightning war" that utilized tanks supported by airplanes
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Blitzkrieg
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policy that initially kept the United States from becoming involved in the war against Germany
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isolationism
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Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States
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Allied Powers
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history's greatest naval invasion
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D-Day
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Nazi plan for the extermination of the Jews
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Nazi Palestine
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Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions against U.S. warships
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Kamikaze
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meeting of the Big Three to discuss the final attack on Germany
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Tehran Conference
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meeting at which Truman demanded free elections throughout Eastern Europe
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Potsdam Conference
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policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying the reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers
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Appeasement
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Neville Chamberlain thought the agreement reached there meant "peace for our time."
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The Munich Conference
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used as an excuse for Japanese seizure of Manchuria
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"Mukden Incident"
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unoccupied France, governed by authoritarian regime under German control
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Vichy France
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German air force
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Luftwaffe
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Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Axis Powers
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special strike forces for carrying out Nazi Final Solution
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Einsatzgruppen
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the slaughter European Jews by the Nazis
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Holocaust
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British term for the German air raids
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blitz
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meeting at which the Allies agreed to form a United Nations organization
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Yalta Conference
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Which countries was in the area of Western influence after World War
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Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, West Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Albania, Spain, Portugal, Greece
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The slaughter of European Jews by the Nazis became known as what?
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Holocaust
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At the Yalta Conference, the Allies agreed to
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The establishment of a United Nations organization after the war.
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The ____ was the period of political tension following World War II.
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Cold War
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____, Hitler's minister for armaments and munitions, was able to triple the production of armaments despite Allied air raids
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Albert Speer
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The ____ were special strike forces charged with the task of rounding up and killing Jews.
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Einsatzgruppen
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because
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the entire German sixth, considered the best of German troops was lost
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At ____, heroic efforts by the British Royal Navy and civilians in private boats managed to evacuate 338,000 Allied troops
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Dunkirk
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Which U.S. president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II?
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Truman
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Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia?
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Sudetenland
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Two days after Hitler's invasion of ____, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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Poland
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Hitler's blitzkrieg, or "lightning war," was
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is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese
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Launched a surprise attack on the us pacific fleet pearl harbor
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What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
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Battle of Midway
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____ administered the Nazi Final Solution.
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Reinhard Heydrich
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When the Einsatzgruppen proved to be too slow for the Nazis, they
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Built special extermination camps in Poland
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In order to address labor shortages during the war, Japan
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brought in Korean and Chinese laborers
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At the Potsdam Conference, Truman demanded ____ throughout Eastern Europe.
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free elections (this never happened)
