What did Germany and the Soviet Union agree to do in regards to Poland?
They agreed to divide Poland between them
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What two technological devices helped the Royal Air Force gain an upper-hand on the Germans? Name the devices AND explain how they helped the effort.
Electronic tracking system known as radar (could tell the number, speed, and direction of oncoming war planes) The Enigma—a German code-making machine, one of which had been smuggled into GB in the late 30’s and allowed the British to decode the secret German messages.
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What were Japan’s plans for Southeast Asia?
If Japan conquered European colonies in Southeast Asia it could also threaten the American controlled Philippine Islands and Guam
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How did Japan treat the people of their new colonies in the Eastern Pacific?
They treated them with extreme cruelty
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What natural-event helped the Soviets during the battle of Stalingrad?
Russian winter
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What was the Maginot Line? What countries troops were stationed there?
A system of fortifications (forts) along France’s border with Germany—France and Britain stationed troops there to wait for Germany
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What was Hitler’s response to British resistance?
He was stunned and decided to call off his attacks and focus on the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe.
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What was the US’s response to the planned Japanese advance on Southeast Asia?
They sent aid to strengthen China’s resistance and later cut off oil shipments to Japan
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What did the unsuccessful Doolittle Raid prove to the Japanese and Americans?
That Japan was vulnerable to attack—it raised American morale and shook the confidence of some in Japan
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What was Hitler’s response to General Paulus’ request for retreat from Stalingrad?
He said that the city was to be held at all cost
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What was Hitler’s strategy for striking France?
He swept through the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg as an attempt to distract the Allied countries and then sent tanks through the French forest where they made it across the Maginot Line and all the way to France’s coast.
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Why did Hitler plan to take over the Balkans?
He planned to invade USSR and wanted to build base in the Balkans and make sure that the British did not interfere.
300
What is known as the “day that will live in infamy”?
December 7, 1941—attack on Pearl Harbor
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What change in naval warfare took place during the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Ships didn’t fire a single shot, instead, airplanes took off from huge aircraft carriers attacks the ships.
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How did Mussolini meet his ultimate demise?
Fighting continued in Italy until May of 1945—On April 27, 1945 Italian resistance fighters ambushed German trucks near Milan and found Mussolini disguised as a German soldier. They shot him the next day and hung his body in downtown Milan for all to see.
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How did Great Britain act heroically at the beaches of Dunkirk?
The Allied forces were surrounded and trapped by the Germans. GB sent a fleet of ships, including yachts, lifeboats, motorboats, paddle steamers, and fishing boats—to rescue the French. The boats carried 338k soldiers to safety
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What did the Neutrality Acts do?
Made it illegal to sell arms or lend money to nations at war.
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What was the US’s response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Congress accepted his request for a declaration of war on Japan and its Allies (the Axis Powers)
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Why did Nimitz and the American forces allow Japan to begin their assault on Midway Island?
The American forces were hidden beyond the horizon and swooped in to attack the Japanese.
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What was Roosevelt’s response to the propaganda induced fear of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor?
He issued an executive order calling for the internment of Japanese Americans because they were considered a threat to the country.
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Who was Charles de Gaulle and what was his ultimate goal?
He was a French General who set up a government-in-exile in London and committed all his energy to reconquering France. De Gaulle organizes the Free French military forces and battled the Nazis until France was liberated in 1944
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What was the Lend-Lease Act?
It said the president could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the US.
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What was the result of Japan’s march on the Philippines?
After three months of fighting the Japanese took the Philippines
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What was MacArthur’s plan for handing Japanese control of Pacific Islands?
He would island-hop past Japanese strongholds and then seize the islands that were not well defended but were closer to Japan.
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How did the Allied forces keep the German’s guessing on when they would attack in France?
They set up a huge dummy Army with its own headquarters and equipment