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Ruthless dictator of the Soviet Union and one of the largest mass murders in world history
Who is Josef Stalin
What is racism/prejudice
¨Lightening warfare¨
What is blitzkreig
American strategy in the Pacific
What is island hopping
Name the Axis Powers
Who are Germany, Japan, and Italy
He commanded the Allied invasion of Normandy
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
This program was the focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists, the point when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned, and the catalyst that caused American factories to prepare for all out war production
What is Lend-Lease
What is Poland
Name of Native Americans who used their Native languages to send secret messages in the Pacific
Who are Codetalkers
At this place Britain and France acquiesced to the German occupation of the Rhineland (appeasement)
What is Munich
He famously said "I shall return", and he did
Who is Douglas MacArthur
This group of people rallied behind the slogan “Double V”, moved north and west in large numbers, and served in the Army Air Corps
Who are African-Americans
This battle was the turning point in the European Theater
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
This was the first naval battle in history in which all of the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft. The Battle of
What is the Coral Sea
Liberal and left-wing Americans reacted to General Franco’s efforts to stage a Fascist coup and overthrow the Republic in Spain by doing this
What is forming the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and going over to fight Franco
His nickname was ¨Old Blood ´n´ Guts¨ and he commanded the Third Army using blitzkreig style tactics against zee Germans
Who is George S Patton
This event shook Americans to the core and moved them to shift politically in support of making substantial political and military effort against Hitler’s aggression in Europe
What is the fall of France
HItler’s last ditch attempt to achieve victory against the Americans and British was called
What is the Battle of the Bulge
This battle was the turning point in the Pacific
What is the Battle of Midway
Americans responded to foreign aggressions this way
What is by moving deeper towards isolationism
He was the surprise Republican candidate for president in 1940
Who is Wendell Wilkie
This organization assigned priorities with respect to the use of raw materials and transportation facilities
What is the War Production Board
This was one of the major results of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943
What is the overthrow of Mussolini and Italy’s unconditional surrender
American conquest of this place in 1944 was especially critical, because from there, US aircraft could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the Japanese home islands
What are the Marianas
At this meeting plans were made for the opening of a second western front in Europe by Britain and the US
What is the Tehran Conference