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57 Cards in this Set
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Franco called Spain a what?
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nonneutral nonbelligerent
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Which place on the southern coast of Spain did Great Britain still have? Which two islands did Great Britain still have? Which city in Egypt did it still have?
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Gibraltar; Cyprus and Malta; Alexandria
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British troops were stationed in Palestine and Egypt to protect what?
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Suez Canal
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Which nation joined the Rome-Berlin Axis?
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Japan
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Which nation defended itself when attacked by Italy?
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Greece
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Which nation did Italy attack and the British protect? In response, what port city did the British take?
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Egypt; Tobruk
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In what nation is Tobruk?
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Libya
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When the Italian invasion of British Somaliland failed, what did the British take?
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Ethiopia
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What three nations in the Balkans did Germany occupy?
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Bulgaria; Hungary; Romania
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Which nation did Hitler invade when it wouldn't allow German troops to march through?
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Yugoslavia
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Which nation that had resisted the Germans before was now occupied by Germany?
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Greece
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To which island did British troops flee to when the Germans invaded Greece?
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Crete
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Germany now controlled the entire Balkan Peninsula except for which four areas?
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Turkey; Istanbul; Dardanelles; Bosporus
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What did Germany now want because of its strategic location?
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Suez Canal
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Germany could not conquer any areas in the Middle East because which country would not let German armies pass through?
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Turkey
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Which general led Italian and German forces to Northern Africa to fight at Libya?
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Rommel
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After Rommel pushed British troops out of Libya and to Egypt, where did the British make a stand and stop Rommel?
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El Alamein
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The Soviets got angry and demanded which four areas to be in their sphere of influence?
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Bosporus; Bulgaria; Dardanelles; Istanbul
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After Hitler told Stalin to chill, he explained to him that Germany would have a sphere where and the Soviet Union would have a sphere where?
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Europe; Asia
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After Stalin stuck his middle finger up at Hitler at his last comment, what nation did Hitler attack, breaking the Nazi-Soviet Pact? (Stupid Question? I know.)
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Soviet Union
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The Soviet Union entered the war on which side? (Allied or Axis?)
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Allied
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Which two Soviet ports could the allies NOT reach because of the Axis powers might interfere at Norway?
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Archangel; Murmansk
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The initial thrusts of the German army took which two cities under seige?
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Leningrad; Moscow
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The Soviet Union's counterattack during winter was inteded to relieve pressure from which city?
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Moscow
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In attempt to cut off the Soviet supply lines, which city did the Germans attack?
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Stalingrad
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The Soviets stopped the Germans at Stalingrad before the Germans could reach which port, which was their goal?
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Baku
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Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union was part of Hitler's master plan for the creation of a what?
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New Order
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Hitler wanted to organize Europe into a single political and economic system rule from which city?
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Berlin
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According to this plan, which nation would supply German with food and raw materials?
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Soviet Union
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Fill in the blanks: An official economic plan issued by the German government stated: "There is no _____ that... many _____ of people will be _____ to death if we take out of the _____ the things we _____."
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doubt; millions; starved; country; need
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Hitler's program to annihilate the Jewish population of Europe is known as the what? (not Holocaust)
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Final Solution
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This program to annihilate the Jewish population of Europe was a "solution" to the what?
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Jewish Problem
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Which two infamous concentration camps are located in Germany?
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Buchenwald; Dachau
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Which two infamous concentration camps are located in Poland?
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Auschwitz; Treblinka
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What was the long name for Hitler's elite corps of officers sworn to absolute obedience? What's the abbreviation?
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Schutzstaffel; SS
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Which book has a quote of an SS officer sent to a Polish death camp to deliver poison gas?
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Never to Forget
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Which SS officer wrote an account that was published in this book?
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Meltzer
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In which western European country did people particularly try to protect Jewish citizens?
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Denmarck
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How many millions of European Jews were murdered at the time the Nazi government fell?
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6 million
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What is this systematic Nazi destruction of almost an entire race referred to as?
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Holocaust
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What three particular groups other than the Jews did the Nazi's exterminate?
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Gypsies; homosexuals; Slavs
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Japan's first move to extend its control over East Asia was to capture which island off the coast of French Indochina?
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Hainan
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Japan thus severed the British sea route from where to where?
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Hong Kong; Singapore
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The Japanese government declared which islands to be under Japanese "protectice custody"?
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Netherlands East Indies
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Japan had a five-year nonaggression treaty with which nation?
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Soviet Union
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Japan became more militaristic after who became premier?
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Tojo
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Which place in which state of the United States did the Japanese strike, intending to cause such a severe blow that the United States would not rival the Japanese in the Pacific?
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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On what date did the Pearl Harbor bombings occur?
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December 7, 1941
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When did the United States declare war on Japan?
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December 8, 1941
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Which book relates an eyewitness account of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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At Dawn We Slept
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Who wrote At Dawn We Slept?
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Prange
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When the United States declared war on Japan, which two nations declared war on the United States?
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Germany; Italy
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Where did the Japanese land soon after the Pearl Harbor bombing?
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Luzon
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Which two American island outposts did the Japanese capture following the Pearl Harbor bombing?
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Guam; Wake
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Which three mainland areas fell to Japan in less than three months?
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Burma; Malaya; Thailand
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What is another word for the Netherland East Indies?
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Indonesia
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What three group of islands did the Japanese go on to conquer?
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Gilbert; Netherlands East Indies; Philippines
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