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ch. 28 terms
Question | Answer |
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Chamberlain return to Great British believing that his policy | appeasement |
had spoke out against Chamberlain's plans. | Winston Churchill |
these counties later came to be known as the. | Axis Powers |
is a agreement in witch each side promises not to attack the other. | nonaggression pact |
German forces used a new tactic in tactic in their assault on Poland | blitzkrieg |
British and France declared war on Germany. | Allies |
1940 Germany sent thousands of air craft over the English Channel to attack British targets in what became known as the. | Battle of Britain |
had been developing plans for a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor | Hideki Tojo |
was common in the United States after World war I. | isolationism |
was led by German general | Erwin Rommel |
Axis power in North African was severely weakened. | Battle of El Alamein |
led by American general | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1 million civilians would perish in the | Siege of Leningrad |
led a small number of American soldiers and poorly equipped | Douglas MacArthur |
Japanese and American carriers again fought on the high sea in the | Bataan of Midway |
swamp-and jungle-covered island in the | Battle of Guadalcanal |
was Japanese pilots who loaded their plains | kamikazes |
is to be forced to leave a country | deported |
the deliberate mass execution of Jews | Final Solution |
some Jews were forces into a | ghetto |
other Jews were sent to labor camp called | concentration camps |
we refer to this mass murder of Jews as the | Holocaust |
allied forces invaded France | D-Day |
Victory in Europe Day | V-E Day |
Nearly 7,000 Americans died | Battle of low Jima |
lasted nearly three months. | Battle of Okinawa |
who had became president | Harry S Truman |
surrendered on 15, 1945 | Hirohito |
world war II was over | V-J day |
came to the surface at the | Yalta Conference |
organization proposed by the Allies the | United Nations |
took place amid growing ill will between. | Potsdam Conference |