Chapter 19: World War II – Flashcards
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___ administered the Nazi's Final Solution
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Reinhard Heydrich
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when the Einsatzgruppen proved to be to slow for the Nazis, they
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built special extermination camps in Poland
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at the Potsdam conference, Truman demanded ____ throughout Eastern Europe
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freely elected governments
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Neville Chamberlain boasted that the Munich conference meant
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"peace for our time"
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the "Mukden incident," which japan used as an excuse to seize Manchuria
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an attack on a Japanese railway by Japanese soldiers disguised as Chinese
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at ___, heroic efforts by the British Royal Navy and civilians in private boats managed to evacuate 338,00 Allied troops
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Dunkirk
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where were most of Italy's possessions and acquisitions located?
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in Africa
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which of the following countries was in the area of Soviet influence after World War II
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Czechoslovakia
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in terms of percentages, which of the following branches of the armed forces had the largest increase from World War ll
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Coast Guard
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what is Haile Selassie asking the League of Nation do ?
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honor its treaties and come to the aid of Ethiopia
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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 though the agreement reached there meant "peace for our time"
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Munich Confrence
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used as an excuse for Japanese seizure of Manchuria
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"Mukden incident"
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uniccupied 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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Luftware
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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 of European civilian, particularlyEuropean Jews, by the Nazis
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Holocaust
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"lighting War" that utilized tanks supported by airplanes
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blitzkreig
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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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Final Solution
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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
