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  • Allied soldiers push into Paris and free France Soviet army closes in on Germany from the east US & British forces advance from the west.
    Liberation of Europe
  • carried out experiments on Jewish people at Auschwitz (twins)
    Dr. Josef Mengele
  • February – June 1945 Brutal fighting over small islands close to Japan Extremely high casualties on both sides
    Iwo Jima and Okinawa
  • Dictator of Italy, in charge of the Fascist Party, known for his violence to those who stood against him
    Benito Mussolini
  • June 4, 1942 Japan targeted Midway to get the whole US fleet to the island. US attack on Japanese aircraft carriers and was successful Turning point of the war in the Pacific
    Midway
  • Said anyone with any Jewish blood would be considered a Jew
    The Nuremberg Laws
  • Plan developed in 1942 to eliminate all Jews from Europe
    The Final Solution
  • June 1941 Germany breaks non-aggression pact & invades the Soviet Union Soviet Union uses Scorched Earth Policy and holds back Germany at Leningrad Germany moves on to Moscow and Stalingrad
    Operation Barbarossa
  • How many Japanese Americans were put into interment camps up until 1945
    120,000
  • •Led Operation Torch and the invasion of North Africa •Commanded the US Third Army after the Normandy invasion •Inspired his tired troops to victories across France and into **** Germany
    Patton
  • Eliminates all competition after Lenin’s death, Man of Steel, Sets up Gulag's or prison camps
    Joseph Stalin
  • Invasion is June 6, 1944 Normandy Troops land in France to push into Germany Largest land and sea attack in history Leads to the eventual liberation of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg
    D-Day
  • resistance group distributed anti-**** pamphlets. Led by students Sophie and Hans Scholl
    White Rose
  • Kristallnacht -“Night of Broken Glass” when Jewish stores, houses, and synagogues were systematically destroyed took place on?
    November 1938
  • These items were rationed in the United States and needed coupons in order to buy them.
    Meat, sugar, coffee, and nylons
  • How many siblings did Elie Wiesel have?
    3
  • •Supported England through the Lend-Lease Act prior to entering WWII •After Pearl Harbor, he supervised the transition to a wartime economy •Active in planning the Allied war strategy against Germany & Japan
    FDR
  • What does Madame Schachter see from outside the train?
    a fire
  • What part of Elie does he not give up, but eventually has to because of pressure
    His gold crown
  • Summer of 1940 – May 1941 German Luftwaffe makes nightly bomb raids over Great Britain New technology (Enigma, Radar) allow British RAF to hold off Germany and prove ****** can be stopped.
    Battle of Britain
  • •Led successful invasions in North Africa & Italy •Named Supreme Commander of all Allied forces in Europe •Planned and led the Allied invasion of France (Operation Overlord/D-Day)
    Eisenhower
  • •Commanded the British Eighth Army •Led forces through North Africa and important victory at El Alamein •Led the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy •Was in command of Allied ground forces for D-Day
    Montgomery
  • December 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on the US in retaliation for cutting off their oil supply 19 American ships sunk or damaged More than 2,300 Americans killed & the US enters the war.
    Pearl Harbor
  • •Warned about **** Germany prior to WWII •Became England’s Prime Minister after Neville Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940 •Refused any armistice with **** Germany •His speeches and broadcasts inspired the British people
    Churchill
  • September 1939 German blitzkrieg overruns Poland Quick German victory Britain & France declare war on Germany
    Invasion of Poland
  • 22 major **** criminals were tried for their crimes in Nuremberg. Most claimed to be “just following orders” 12 were sentenced to death
    The Nuremberg Trials
  • What was the number to the executive order signed by President Roosevelt that forced Japanese's Americans into internment camps.
    9066
  • 750 Jews were able to hold off German soldiers to avoid being taken to the concentration camps
    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  • Spring 1940 Allied forces pushed to the beaches at Dunkirk French & British troops rescued by 850 British ships
    Miracle at Dunkirk
  • May 1940 ******’s army moves through the Ardennes and around the Maginot Line Reach France’s northern coast in 10 days & France surrenders
    Fall of France
  • August 6 & 9th, 1945 President Truman informed an invasion of Japan might cost a million lives Dropping the bomb would be the quickest possible end to war Approximately 140,000+ Japanese civilians died in the atomic bombs Radiation fall
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • What was the name of the propaganda character that symbolized working woman in the United States.
    Rosie
  • •Commanded French armored division against **** Germany •Refused to accept France’s surrender & led the Free French government in exile •Commanded the French resistance from England and North Africa
    de Gaulle
  • August 1942 – February 1943 Germany wanted to seize oil fields and capture Stalingrad German troops surrender to the Soviet Union due to starvation and cold.
    Battle of Stalingrad
  • •Supreme Commander of US forces in the Pacific •Forced to flee the Philippines after Japan attacked •Led US forces through New Guinea and back to the Philippines •Accepted and signed Japan’s official surrender in September 1945
    MacArthur
  • In charge of the militarists control the country, Controlled Emperor Hirohito and pretty much ran all of Japan.
    Hideki Tojo
  • What is the name of the person who is described as "awkward as a clown"
    Moshe the Beadle
  • August 1942 – February 1943 Allies attacked Japanese airbase in Solomon Islands Battle turned into a savage struggle & ended with more than 24,000 dead
    Guadalcanal
  • He was the dictator of Spain that stays neutral during WWII
    Gen Francisco Franco
  • Dictator of Germany, blamed all of Germany's problems on the Jewish people, became Fuhrer of Germany in 1934.
    Adolf ******