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Russian dictator that launched the "Five-Year Plans"
Joseph Stalin
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leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
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"Der Führer" (the leader)
Nazi leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
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what was the name of the Group Hitler lead
Nazi Party
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who is the Nationalist Chinese leader
Chiang Kai-shek
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communist leader of China
Mao Tse-tung
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who was the leader of what squadron of American airmen who flew against the Japanese to help China
- Claire Chennault
- "Flying Tigers"
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Alliance formed among Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1940
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
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what country invaded Albania in 1939
Italy
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when did Germany invade Poland
September 1, 1939
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when did WWII begin
September 3, 1939
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where did the Russians slay over 10,000 Polish officers
Katyn Forest
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blitzkrieg
"lightning war"
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two worst concentration camps
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what British economist had a great influence on the FDR administration
John Maynard Keynes
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What French government collaborated with the German's
Vichy French government
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leader of the Free French
Charles de Gaulle
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Prime minister of Britain during the Battle of Britain
Winston Churchill
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who was known as the "Desert Fox" and lead the "Afrika Korps"
Field marshal Erwin Rommel
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Hitler's plan to conquer Great Britain
Operation Sea-Lion
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What was the German air force called
Luftwaffe
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organized "America First Committee" in an effort to keep the US out of a general European War
Charles A. Lindbergh
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What act adopted the "cash-and-carry principle for dealing with warring nations
Neutrality Act of 1937
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act that sacrificed the principle of "freedom of the seas"
Neutrality Act of 1939
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led the extremely militaristic army-controlled ministry in Japan
General Hideki Tojo
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when did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 ; Sunday
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what was the name of the wartime cabinet created in May 1943
Office of War Mobilization (OWM)
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leader of Allied forces in Europe
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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campaign to catch Rommel's troops in North Africa between the American and British
Operation Torch
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Italy surrender to the Allies when?
September 8, 1943
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What was the beginning of the end for the war in Europe (the turning point)
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battle in Belgium between the Germans and four weak American divisions.
Battle of the Bulge
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When was V-E Day
May 8, 1945
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first American fighter unit to sink a German destroyer single-handedly
Fighting Red Tails
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what American General lead Allied invasion of Sicily and took part in D-Day in France
General George S. Patton
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American general in command of the defense of the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur
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who led the bombing raid against Tokyo and other Japanese invasions
Colonel "Jimmy" Doolittle
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what was the first naval battle in history in which the opposing vessels did not sight one another
Battle of the Coral Sea
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what battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
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In what battle did the Japanese lose most of their remaining ships and planes
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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what was the largest research and scientific effort of its day
Manhattan Project
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On what volcanic island was some of the most desperate fighting in human history
Iwo Jima
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three scientists that helped develop the atomic bomb
- Enrico Fermi
- Edward Teller
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
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what Japanese cities were destroyed by the Atomic Bomb
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V-J Day
September 2, 1945
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leader of Japan during WWII
Emperor Hirohito
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what was the slaughter of over 6 million Jews and other races
Holocaust
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who is the chief administrative officer of the UN
Secretary-General
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What branch of the United Nations does he head
Secretariat
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