Chapter 16 & 17
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- Joseph Stalin
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-Leader of the Soviet Union
-Modeled a communist state - Benito Mussolini
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-Leader of Italy during WWII
-Established the Fascist Party - Adolph Hitler
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-Leader of Germany during WWII
-Leader of the Nazi Party
-Established the Third Reich - Franklin Deleno Roosevelt
- -President of the U.S during WWII
- Francisco Franco
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-Leader of Spain during WWII
-1st facist leader of Spain - Hideki Tojo
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-Leader of Japan during WWII
-Put on trial and sentenced to death - Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
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-Prime Minister of Britain before Churchill
-Signed the Munich Agreement - Premier Daladier
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-Premier of France
-Signed Munich Agreement - What did the Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps do?
- -Women did things other then fighting during WWII
- Harry Truman
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-Roosevelt's vice president
-Became the 33rd president when Roosevelt died - Emperor Hirohito
- -Emperor of Japan during WWII
- Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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-Fought for the compensation of the Japanese
-Got $20,000 for every Japanese sent to relocation camps - Charles De Gaulle
- -French general who fled to England after France fell
- Jews
- -Were put in concentration camps and ghettos
- Winston Churchill
- -Leader of Britain at the end of WWII
- Phillip Randolph
- -Fought for the civil rights of African Americans
- Erwin Rommel
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-Known as Desert Fox
-Fought for the Axis power in North Africa - General Patton
- -Lead gropund forces from France to Germany
- Eva Braun
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-Hitler's mistress
-Committed suicide - Dwight Eisenhower
- -Led the U.S troops into North Africa
- J. Robert Openheimer
- -Created the atomic bomb
- What happened at the March on Rome?
- The March of Rome was the first place that was taken over by Mussolini
- What was the Invasion of Ethiopia?
- The Invasion of Ethiopia was a battle that was fought by Mussolini in Africa.
- What was the Invasion of Manchuria?
- The Invasion of Manchuria was when the Japanese invaded North Eastern China.
- What was the Battle of Britain?
- The Battle of Britain was a three month bombing of Britain by the Germans.
- What was Pearl Harbor?
- The battle of Pearl Harbor caused the U.S to enter WWII.
- What happened at the battle of Stalingrad?
- Hitler took most of the city, but the Soviets still won the battle.
- What was D-Day?
- D-Day was the massive invasion of the beaches of France by the allies.
- What was the Battle of the Bulge?
- The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's last effort to try to penetrate the allied lines.
- What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
- The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first major battle that the Japanese lost.
- What was the Battle of Midway?
- The Battle of Midway was fought north of Hawaii. The U.S attacked Japanese ships before they could attack us.
- What was the Battle of Leyte Sea?
- The Japanese sent almost all of their Navy to the Leyte Sea and were destroyed.
- What happened at Iwo Jima?
- All but 200 Japanese troops were killed at Iwo Jima.
- What was the Battle of Okinawa?
- The Battle of Okinawa was the last island taken before the U.S invaded Japen.
- What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- Atomic bombs were dropped at Hiroshima and Hagasaki.
- What happened during the Invasion of Poland?
- During the invasion of Poland, French and British soldiers were surrounded at the Miginot Line.
- What was the Battle of Aachen?
- The Battle of Aachen was the first German city taken by the Allies.
- What was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
- The Battle of Guadalcanal was the first island that the allies took from Japan.
- What was the Bloody Anzia?
- The Bloody Anzia was a battle that took place in Italy, about 40 miles outside of Rome.
- What happened after the Invasion of North Africa?
- After the invasion of North Africa, Hitler and Stalin split the country.
- What was the Battle of Dunkirk?
- The Battle of Dunkirk was where FDR and Churchill decided to invade first.
- What is the G.I. Bill of Rights?
- The G.I. Bill of Rights provided education and training for vetrans.
- What is the Selective Service Act?
- It requires that men register for military service.
- What were the Neutrality Acts?
- It prevented the sale and loan of U.S. arms to nations at war.
- What was the Non-aggression Pact?
- An agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to invade each other.
- What were the Lend-Lease Acts?
- The Lend-Lease acts allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers.
- What was the Tripartite Act?
- An act signed by Germany, Italy and Japan that said they would help each other in case of a war.
- What was the Yalta Conference?
- At the Yalta Conference, Stalin, FDR, and CHurchill all met to discuss what to do with Germany now that the war was over.
- What were the Nuremburg Laws?
- The Nuremburg Laws stripped Jews of their Jobs, citizenship, and property.
- What was the Cash and Carry Act?
- The Cash and Carry act said that the U.S. would sell waepons to England as long as they paid money up front and transported it on their own ships.
- What was the War Production Board?
- The War Production Board decided what goods were needed and would be rationed for the war.
- What was Korematsu v. United States?
- A court case that decided that the U.S did nothing wrong when they put Japanese in internment camps during WWII.
- What was the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact?
- The Rome-Berlin Axis pact was an agreement between Germany, Spain, and Italy to protect each other in case of war.
- What was the Munich Pact?
- The Munic Pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and France that allowed Hitler to keep Austria and Czechoslovakia as long as he promised not to take any other lands.
- What is Anti-Semitism?
- Anti-Semitism is the term used to describe hatred of the Jewish people.
- What is a Kamikaze?
- A kamikaze is a piolet that gives up his own life by crashing his plane into a target.
- What was the Maginot Line?
- The Maginot Line was the line where German troops were sitting on one side, and French and English troops were on the other side.
- What does the term Aryan mean?
- Aryan was the term given to Hitler's elite race of people.
- What is Mein Kampf?
- Mein Kempf is the book that Hitler wrote while in prison.
- What is radar?
- Radar was the invention of the British that was used to detect planes that were coming after them.
- What does the "V.E" in V.E. Day stand for?
- V.E. stands for VICTORY IN EUROPE.
- What were the Ghettos?
- The ghettos were the places that Jewish people were sent to live and work.
- What was the Night of Broken Glass?
- The Night of Broken Glass is the night that the Nazi's stormed Jewish homes and businesses.