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Ch 14 WW II

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Site of Allied war strategy meeting Yalta
The state of tension after WWII Cold War
Program to develop the Atomic bomb Manhattan Project
The Soviet Union formed a military alliance by this name Warsaw Pact
location of the first U.S. atomic bombing Hiroshima
German cities in which Allies held war crimes trials Nuremburg
In WWII German, Italy, & Japan were called Axis Powers
giving in to an aggressor's demands to maintain peace Appeasement
military alliance if the United States, Canada, & nine European Allies NATO
Women factory workers Rosie the Riveter
The Allied invasion of France is called D-Day in Europe
German name for "lightning war" Blitzkrieg
Site of the major Russian victory over German troops Stalingrad
What was one reason given for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? To end the war without invading Japan
Why did Germany invade the Soviet Union? Hitler wanted the country's natural resources
The U.S. strategy of "island-hopping" in the Pacific It allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan
The Truman Doctrine stated the United States would helped rebuild Western Europe
How did Germany's location affect it's chances to win the war? It had to fight on several fronts
The "Big three" were Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill
Hitler's "Final Solution" was his plan to ruthlessly murder of all European Jews
What event marked the beginning of WWII? the German invasion of Poland
What was one of Stalin's major goals in the Eastern Europe after World War II? to create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments
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