Chapter 30.3 Quiz – Flashcards
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In the 1930s some countries began _____, or the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war.
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Mobilization
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_____ was the only country in World War II to use women in battle.
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Soviet Union
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The Japanese use _____ pilots in suicide missions against U.S. fighting ships at sea.
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Kamikaze
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Early in the war, the people of _____ experienced a 900-day siege.
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Leningrad
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The British civilians were heavily affected by German air raids, or the _____.
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Blitz
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Harry S. Truman authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan because...
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he thought an invasion would kill too many U.S. troops
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For the first two years of the war, Hitler did not increase armaments production because...
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he did not want to ruin citizens' morale
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Governments bombed the civilian populations of their enemies because...
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they believed it would force their enemies to make peace
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Citizens of the Soviet Union experienced severe food and housing shortages because...
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all resources went into the war economy
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The U.S. experience was quite different from that of the other major powers because...
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the United States was producing much of the military equipment
