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Germany and Japan ignored ___________.
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demilitarization
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The US practiced __________ because they didnt want to be in the war.
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isolationism
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Blitzkrieg was also know as "___________".
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The Lightening War
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The Soviet Union and Germany signed the ___________ so they wouldnt fight and they would split Poland.
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Nonagression Pact
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Some of the concentration camps were also known as___________.
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death camps
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As long as the Jews would work for the Germans, they would be spared_____________.
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their lives
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The Japanese used _________ towards the end of the war.
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Kamikaze
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The Kamikaze mostly didnt work because of bad planes and the US had ________.
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radar
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_____________ Jews died in the camps.
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6 million
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Some Japanese Americans died in _________ because of the fear of Asians in the US.
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concentration camps
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What did each leader gain from the secret agreement between Soviet Union and Germany?
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they wouldnt fight each other and they would split Poland.
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What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?
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blitzkrieg
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What was Hitler use to conquering France?
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they kept the allies attention on other countries and then suprised attacked France
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What happened at Dunkirk?
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The French retreated and Germany had them trapped and then Great Britian sent out boats to rescue them
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What was the outcome of the Battle of Britian?
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Great Britian didnt give up
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What was the outcome of the fighting at Tobruk?
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Rommel won and got the name "Dessert Fox". Great Britian was defeated by Germany.
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How did Hitler's Ninvasion compare with Napolean's invasion of Russia?
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Hitler's people died from the harsh Soviet Union's winter
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The joint declaration issued by Roosevelt and Churchill during WWII upholding free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government was called the _____________.
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Atlantic Charter
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The American commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific during WWII was __________.
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Douglas MacArthur
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In the __________ after WWII, former Nazi leaders faced charges of waging a war of aggression and commiting crimes against humanity.
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Nuremberg Trials
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The Prime Minister of Great Britian during WWII was ___________.
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Winston Churchill
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The French General who set up a government-in-exile in London and organized the Free French military forces during WWII was __________.
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Charles de Gaulle
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The American general who served as commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII was _________.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The German air attacks on Britian's air force and cities that lasted from the summer of 1940 until May 10, 1941 is known as the ________________.
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Battle of Britian
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The first dat of the invasion of Normandy in WWII s known as ____________.
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D-Day
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The battle that brought the war in Europe to a quick end was the _____________.
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Battle of the Buldge
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The process of disbanding a country's armed forces is called _________.
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demilitarization
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The short battle that turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies in the Pacific was the _________________.
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Battle of Midway
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A system of fortifications along France's border with Germany was know as __________.
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The Maginot Line
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What was the French port city near the Belgian border from which a fleet if British ships and civilian craft evacuated trapped soilders in 1940?
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Dunkirk
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French General who organized the Free French military frces to fight the Nazis was _________.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Name for the German airforce was the _________.
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Luftwaffe
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Commander of Hitler's crack German tank force, the Afrika Korps was __________, also known as "____________".
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Erwin Rommel
Dessert Fox |
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_________ is a reduction in a contry's ability to wage war achieved by disbandine its armed forces and prohibiting it from acquiring weapons.
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demilitarization
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_________ is the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war.
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appeasment
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____________ is a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries.
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isolationism
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__________ is using fast moving airplanes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces to suprise contries.
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Blitzkrieg
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_________ is the sitting war between two countries nothing was happening.
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Sitzkrieg
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________ is the cut off or refuse to trade with countries.
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sanctions
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_________ were killed during the Holocaust.
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6 million
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_______ is the division of a country.
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partisans
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________ is the German secret police who arranged the killing of Jews.
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Einsatgruppen
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___________ are people that worked with the people in France.
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collaborators
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_________ is the systematic mass slaughter of other groups judged inferior to Nazis.
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Holocaust
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_______ were camps used to seperate people.
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Internment
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________ was Hitler's program of killing all Jews.
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Final Solution
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_______ were the aggressors.
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Axis Powers
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_________ were the people who fought the aggressors.
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Allied Powers
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