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a. | Good Neighbor Policy of 1933 | n. | u-boat | b. | Stimson Doctrine of
1933 | o. | Casablanca
Conference/1943 | c. | Neutrality Acts of 1936/1937 | p. | Executive Order 8802 | d. | blitzkreig | q. | Hitler’s Final Solution | e. | cash and carry | r. | Teheran Conference/1943 | f. | Destroyers-for-bases
deal | s. | Operation
Overlord/1944 | g. | Lend-Lease Act of 1941 | t. | Battle of the Bulge | h. | December 7, 1941 | u. | Yalta Conference/1945 | i. | Tripartite Pact of
1940 | v. | VE
Day | j. | Executive Order 9066 | w. | island hopping | k. | Selective Service Act of
1940 | x. | Guadalcanal/1942 | l. | Doolittle Raid of 1942 | y. | Hiroshima/Nagasaki | m. | Battle of
Midway/1942 | z. | VJ
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Plan to sell goods to both sides at the start of WW2, as long as they took the
supplies to their country in their own ships. Actually just aided England.
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Military strategy used in the Pacific, where only key islands were
attacked. Smaller, less important islands, were simply ignored.
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Date generally recognized as the end of the war in the Pacific. Japan
formally surrendered on this date.
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May 8, 1945
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German weapon that nearly defeated Great Britain by destroying the ships
carrying supplies to the island nation.
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6.
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Event and date that marks the official entry of the United States into World
War 2 as a combatant.
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American pre-war policy toward Latin America that said America would no longer
use military intervention in Latin American countries. The US would, instead, support Latin
America using political and other means of support.
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American pre-war policy that said the US would not politically recognize any
territorial change that came about due to force.
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The code name for the long-awaited invasion of Europe by allied forces.
Took place on June 6, 1944 & is more commonly called D-Day.
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10.
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German term for their style of military attack which involved overwhelming
force applied very quickly.
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American term for the German offensive in the Ardennes Region in Dec 1944
through Jan 1945. This was a German attempt to split the Allied line & force an Allied
negotiated peace. It didn’t work.
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A pre-war plan by the Roosevelt Administration to help the British despite the
nation’s official neutrality. This plan would allow cash-poor England to pay for warships
by giving America the rights to use bases on English soil.
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1st American attack on a Japanese home island. This airborne attack by
bombers launched from a naval ship served to demoralize the Japanese while giving Americans a badly
needed victory.
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The airborne attack, using nuclear weapons, on these two Japanese cities forced
the Japanese government to rethink their resolve to resist the Americans to the last Japanese
citizen. Attacks occured on Aug 6 & 9, 1945.
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This was the first major offensive against Japan by the Americans. This
brutal island assault was fought from Aug 7, 1942 until Feb 9, 1943.
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This Presidential order prohibited racial descrimination in all parts of the
defense industry. It prohibited descrimination based on “race, creed, color, or national
origin” in all federal agencies & departments involved in defense production.
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1942 naval battle between Japanese & American forces that is widely
believed to be the most important naval battle in the Pacific during WW2. This 1942 battle
inflicted irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.
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Pre-war laws passed by Congress that outlawed trade with
“beligerent” countries.
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19.
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Presidential order that ordered Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to be
confined to internment camps.
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1943 conference between Stalin, FDR, & Churchill. The major result of
this conference was a promise to Stalin that Britain & the US would open the long-awaited second
front in 1944, thereby taking some military pressure off the hard-pressed Russian military.
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1941 law that officially ended American neutrality. This act allowed the
US to send war supplies to countries such as Britain, Russia, & China. This cash-strapped
countries were allowed to “rent” the supplies rather than pay in cash.
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Also called the Three-Power Pact or the Axis Pact, this agreement officially
made Germany, Japan, & Italy allies.
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Officially called the Burk-Wadsworth Act, this 1940 law began the 1st peacetime
conscription (draft) of Americans in history.
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This wartime conference between FDR, Churchill, & DeGalle of France made
the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers the major war aim of WW2.
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German plan to solve the “Jewish Question” which led to the death
of the millions of European Jews (& other Eastern Europeans).
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Conference between FDR, Churchill, & Stalin near the end of the war that
determined how post-war Europe would be restructured. This agreement led to a division of
territory between the western powers & Russia that would lead to the Cold War.
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a. | Adolph Hitler | g. | Omar Bradley | b. | Hideki Tojo | h. | Dwight Eisenhower | c. | Benito
Mussolini | i. | Douglas
MacArthur | d. | Franklin D Roosevelt | j. | George Patton | e. | Winston Churchill | k. | Harry Truman | f. | Joseph
Stalin |
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Iron-handed dictator & ruler of Russia during World War 2.
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Well-liked American General known as the “soldier’s
general”. One of the best American field commanders in Europe.
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Austrian-born leader of the German National Socialist German Workers
Party. Led Germany to defeat in World War 2.
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Became President after the death of FDR. Made the decision to drop the
nuclear bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
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British Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 & again from 1951 to 1955.
Led Britain through World War 2.
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32.
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Five-star American General who served as Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied
Forces during the Invasion of France in 1944. Commanded Allied Forces in Europe until the end
of WW2.
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33.
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Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944. Led Japan through most of
World War 2.
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34.
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American General known as “old blood & guts”. While very
successful in fighting the Germans, he was constantly in trouble with his superiors because of his
strong opinions & outspokeness.
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35.
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Beloved American President who led the US through both the Great Depression
& WW2. Died of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after being elected to his 4th term as
President in 1945.
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General who was the guiding force for the war in the Pacific. Possibly
best know for his pledge to return to the Philippines after the Japanese had forced him out early in
the war.
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Key figure in the National Fascist Party of Italy who became Prime Minister of
Italy in 1922. Allied Italy with German & Japan, leading Italy to defeat in WW2.
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