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History Exam 3, 2

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Allied Powers
United Kingdom, France, Soviet Union, United States, China
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Emperor of Japan. He wants to increase consumption and ditch the open door policy to get China. He also builds up the navy
V-E day of May 8, 1945
Victory of Europe
Munich Conference of Sept. 1938
P.M. Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler and asked him to stop taking over other countries. Hitler agreed but 6 months later took over rest of Czech.
Operation Fortitude
George S. Patton led this operation into Germany to find Hitler and the others toward Berlin
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
in charge of European zone
Executive Order 9066 of Feb. 1942
put Japanese in internment caps. About 120,000 were in the camps
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Admiral yamamoto
Commander in Chief of the Japanese Fleet.
Atomic bomb of Nagasaki of Aug. 9, 1945
Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
V-J Day of Sept. 1945
Victory over Japan
Liberation of Nazi concentration camps
Americans go to concentration camps to let the people free and we make the germans walk through them to see what their leader had done.
Tripartile Pact of Sept. 1940
Italy, Germany, and Japan came upon an agreement to help each other out when attacked
"Appeasement"
give leader what he wants so he will not retaliate
Lend-Lease Program of March 1941
the authorization of military supplies or anything else to countries who we fancied
Good Neighbor Policy
FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region
Josef Stalin of Soviet Union
Communist leader of Soviet union. Did not like capitalism
Atomic bomb of Hiroshima of Aug. 6, 1945
First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Battle of Britain of Aug.-Oct. 1940
Hitler wanted to take over Britain. Hitler eventually gave up.
Rape of Nanking of 1937
Japanese invaded China and raped the women and took all the resources of the land
Enigma Machine
machine that made codes for Hitler. He thought we hadn't broken it but we had
Battle of Midway of June 1942
put the allies back in power. The U.S broke the code so they knew they were going to midway.
Manhattan Project
research for nuclear weapons, it was in Los Alimos, NM
Benito Mussolini of Italy
hated communism and wanted a roman empire, taking over the mediterranian
Non-Aggression Pact of Aug. 1939
was between Germany and Soviet Union. They won't invade each other and gets half of Poland
Battle of the Bulge of Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945
last attempt to weaken allied forces. We beat germany and had a clear path to Berlin
Attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Nye Committee of 1934
set up to study the causes of why the U.S was in WWI
Yalta conference of Feb. 1945
Churchill, FDR, and Stalin met again to see who gets to take revenge on Berlin. Stalin gets to after he agrees to help fight japan.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
P.M. of Britain. Asked U.S for credit and escorts for British merchant ships.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
one who met with Hitler at the munich conference to sort things out with Hitler's reckless acts
Operation Overlord of June 4, 1944
tricked the germans into thinking two invasions would happen where they wouldn't
Security Council
made up of U.S, Great Britain, France, China, and Russia. More powerful than the General Assembly
Tehran conference of Dec. 1943
Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill, and FDR meet here in Iran to talk about operation overlord
Walter Millis's The Road to War of 1935
suggests that Great Britain and France made Germany look worse than they were
Invasion of Poland of September 1, 1939
was by Hitler and this starts WWII
Harry S. Truman
comes into office after FDR dies
Atlantic Charter of August 1941
list of principles to be upheld to keep fascist countries away.
U.N. General Assembly
was made up of different countries that can have a representative sit in at the meetings to discuss things
"Atomic Diplomacy"
to control other countries out of fear we might use it on them
General Douglass MacArthur
Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific
Neutrality Act of 1939
was a way to give weapons and ammunition to cash paying countries.
fascism
the needs and interests of an individual is not as important as the needs and interests of the government
D-Day of June 6, 1944
Invasion of Normandy
Adolf Hitler
appointed chancellor of Germany. He didn't like Communism and Jews

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