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What was the position of the Britain that allowed Hitler to expand German territory unchecked?
Appeasement
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What was the alliance between Italy, Germany, and Japan?
Rome, Berlin, Tokyo alliance
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Who made up the Allied powers
Britain, France, and the U.S.
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What does Blitzkreig translate to?
lightning war
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What was the Luftwaffe?
German air force
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What did Hitler do to cause all out war? (Spark of WWII)
Invasion of Poland
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Where did German troops go through to get around the Maginot Line
Ardennes Forest
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What was the miracle at Dunkirk?
A big rescue mission where military and civilian boats were called upon that saved British and French solders.
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What was Hitler's plan to take Britain
Operation Sea Lion
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What act allowed FDR to send supplies and support to "any country whose defense affected the defense of the U.S.?"
Lend Lease Act
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What was the Atlantic Charter?
Churchill and FDR's plan to end Nazi tyranny for good
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What is all out war?
The U.S. totally committing to war, even on the home front
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Where were Japanese-Americans taken to in order to be isolated?
Interment camps
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Who was Rosie Riveter?
The feature character of propaganda that urged women to take factory jobs to support the war efforts
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Who made up the Big Three?
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
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What was the battle of Stalingrad?
The battle between Russia and Germany in an extremely important Russian city
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Was is June 6th known as when the allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy?
D-Day
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What was the Manhattan Project?
The preparation and planning for nuclear bombing in WWII
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Battle of the Bulge
The finial German offensive in Belgium before their surrender (Ardennes Forest)
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What Japanese city was targeted by atomic weapons?
Hiroshima
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What was a major Japanese city targeted by atomic weapons?
Nagasaki
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What was the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
Little Boy
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What was the second and final atomic bomb that was dropped on the city of Nagasaki?
Fat Man
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What was the name of the plane that dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima?
Enola Gray
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What was the plane that dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki?
Boxcar
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