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Ch.16 WW II

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QuestionAnswer
Nonaggression pact Germans, Soviet agrre not o fighht each other
Blitzkrieg lightning war- Germany;s new military strategy
Charles de Gaulle French general, organizes opposition to Germany
Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister, vows no surrender
Battle of Britian Air wave over Britian taht lasted until May 1941
Erwin Rommel German general , battles British in North Africa
Atlantic Charter supports frere trade, right to form own gov't
Isoroku Yamamato plans to attack on U.S. fleet in Hawaii
Pearl Harbor U.S. naval base
Battle of Midway U.S. destroys Japan's naval fleet, Japan retreats
Douglas MacArthur American army commander in Pacific
Battle of Guadalcanal hellisn battle that ends in Allied victory
Aryans Germanic peoples are "master race"
Holocaust systematic murder of Jews and others
Kristallnacht "night of broken glass" November 9, 1938
ghettos separate Jewish areas
"Final Solution" Hitler's final plan for treatment of Jews
genocide systematic killing of an entire people
Dwight D.Eisenhower American commander in Morocco
Battle of Stalingrad Soviets, Germans battle for control of city
D-Day June 6, 1944 day of "Operation Overlord" invasion of France
Battle of the Bulge German counterattack in December 1944
Kamikazes Japanese pilots who fly sucide missions
Demilitraization disbanding Japan's armed forces
Democratization creating democracy in Japan
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