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  1. Russian dictator that  launched the "Five-Year Plans"
    Joseph Stalin
  2. leader of Italy
    Benito Mussolini
  3. "Der Führer" (the leader)
    Nazi leader of Germany
    Adolf Hitler
  4. what was the name of the Group Hitler lead
    Nazi Party
  5. who is the Nationalist Chinese leader
    Chiang Kai-shek
  6. communist leader of China
    Mao Tse-tung
  7. who was the leader of what squadron of American airmen who flew against the Japanese to help China
    • Claire Chennault
    • "Flying Tigers"
  8. Alliance formed among Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1940
    Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
  9. what country invaded Albania in 1939
    Italy
  10. when did Germany invade Poland
    September 1, 1939
  11. when did WWII begin
    September 3, 1939
  12. where did the Russians slay over 10,000 Polish officers
    Katyn Forest
  13. blitzkrieg
    "lightning war"
  14. two worst concentration camps
    • Treblinka
    • Auschwitz
  15. what British economist had a great influence on the FDR administration
    John Maynard Keynes
  16. What French government collaborated with the German's
    Vichy French government
  17. leader of the Free French
    Charles de Gaulle
  18. Prime minister of Britain during the Battle of Britain
    Winston Churchill
  19. who was known as the "Desert Fox" and lead the "Afrika Korps"
    Field marshal Erwin Rommel
  20. Hitler's plan to conquer Great Britain
    Operation Sea-Lion
  21. What was the German air force called
    Luftwaffe
  22. organized "America First Committee" in an effort to keep the US out of a general European War
    Charles A. Lindbergh
  23. What act adopted the "cash-and-carry principle for dealing with warring nations
    Neutrality Act of 1937
  24. act that sacrificed the principle of "freedom of the seas"
    Neutrality Act of 1939
  25. led the extremely militaristic army-controlled ministry in Japan
    General Hideki Tojo
  26. when did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
    December 7, 1941 ; Sunday
  27. what was the name of the wartime cabinet created in May 1943
    Office of War Mobilization (OWM)
  28. leader of Allied forces in Europe
    General Dwight D. Eisenhower
  29. campaign to catch Rommel's troops in North Africa between the American and British
    Operation Torch
  30. Italy surrender to the Allies when?
    September 8, 1943
  31. What was the beginning of the end for the war in Europe (the turning point)
    • D-Day
    • June 6, 1944
  32. battle in Belgium between the Germans and four weak American divisions.
    Battle of the Bulge
  33. When was V-E Day
    May 8, 1945
  34. first American fighter unit to sink a German destroyer single-handedly
    Fighting Red Tails
  35. what American General lead Allied invasion of Sicily and took part in D-Day in France
    General George S. Patton
  36. American general in command of the defense of the Philippines
    General Douglas MacArthur
  37. who led the bombing raid against Tokyo and other Japanese invasions
    Colonel "Jimmy" Doolittle
  38. what was the first naval battle in history in which the opposing vessels did not sight one another
    Battle of the Coral Sea
  39. what battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific
    Battle of Midway
  40. In what battle did the Japanese lose most of their remaining ships and planes
    Battle of Leyte Gulf
  41. what was the largest research and scientific effort of its day
    Manhattan Project
  42. On what volcanic island was some of the most desperate fighting in human history
    Iwo Jima
  43. three scientists that helped develop the atomic bomb
    • Enrico Fermi
    • Edward Teller
    • J. Robert Oppenheimer
  44. what Japanese cities were destroyed by the Atomic Bomb
    • Hiroshima
    • Nagasaki
  45. V-J Day
    September 2, 1945
  46. leader of Japan during WWII
    Emperor Hirohito
  47. what was the slaughter of over 6 million Jews and other races
    Holocaust
  48. who is the chief administrative officer of the UN
    Secretary-General
  49. What branch of the United Nations does he head
    Secretariat
Author
Rayna
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Card Set
hist 27
Description
A Beka 11th grade history
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