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Chamberlain's Policy of Appeasement- Sept. 30, 1938

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Chamberlain's Policy of Appeasement- Sept. 30, 1938

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Chamberlain agreed to an appeasement with Hitler. This meant that chamberlain allowed Hitler to take Sudetenland. Chamberlain believed that this would decrease other aggressive demands made by Hitler.
Appeasement-  Giving into aggressive demands to maintain peace.

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An agreement between the Nazi- Soviet. This pact was an agreement to not attack each other. This allowed Germany aggression without a threat of the Soviet Union intervening.

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Hitler continued to make aggressive despite the agreements he made.
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b. False

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German invasion in Poland- Sept. 1, 1939

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German invasion in Poland- Sept. 1, 1939

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This marked the beginning of WWll. In this attack Germany used there new tactic "Blitzkrieg" or lightning war. Air attacks were used to damage defenses and cause panic, this new tactic emphasized speed and coordination.

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German forces trapped Allied troops who had retreated to Dunkirk. Allied ships rescued 300,000 soldiers and took them to Great Britain.

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Great Britain was apart of the Axis Powers.
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b. False

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Battle of Britain- July 10- Oct. 31, 1940

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Battle of Britain- July 10- Oct. 31, 1940

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Germany led an air strike attack on Great Britain. In this attack Hitler wanted to destroy The British Royal Air Force. Hitler failed due to the new British technology.

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Japan bombed on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, led by General Hideki Tojo. The attack lasted less than 2 hours, killing 2,400 American. Along with the lives lost 200 airplanes and all 8 battleships were sank or destroyed. This forced the US to join WWll.

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Women were not allowed to participate in combat during WWll but they had other jobs to help the fight. Women were allowed to participate as nurses, clerks, and pilots. During these times women's employment went up 10% between 1940-1945. Women doing these jobs were able to get payed, but the wages were far less than men. Women of race were payed even less than American Women.

Source- American Women in World War II - HISTORY

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Many Americans went with little to no fuel, food, and other items so the armed forces could use them. Scrap dives were held to find resources that could be reused or made into other things.

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Japanese Internment Camps- Feb. 19, 1942

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Japanese Internment Camps- Feb. 19, 1942

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Americans believed that German, Italian, and Japanese people living in America helped plan the attack on Pearl Harbor. This led to over 100,000 Japanese being forced to leave there homes in the west and move into internment camps. Many were American citizen but that didn't stop the government.

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Japanese Internment camps were in isolated areas on the west coast. These camps were lined by barbed wire and the prisoners were not allowed to leave. There was very little privacy and there were minimal furnishings. The executive order wasn't lifted from west until December of 1944; 3 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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The battle was able to weaken the axis powers in North Africa. The British won a large victory by German codes

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British and American forces landed in Africa. The axis powers there were trapped an they surrendered May 1943. This action was led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Hitler ordered a siege to force the city of Leningrad to surrender. The siege lasted nearly 900 days and as many 1 million people perished.

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This battle was one of the most brutal battles of WWll. Hitler refused for the German forces to fall back. 90,000 axis soldiers were captured and put in soviet camps. Many died in these camps. 500,000 to 1 million soviet troops died trying to defend the city of Stalingrad.

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Following the doomed defense of the Philippines led by General Douglas MacArthur the unprepared troops were forced to surrender. Following the surrender the 70,000 troops were forced to march to a far away prison. Due to the lack of resources, weather conditions, and brutal violence 600 American and up to 10,000 Filipino prisoners.

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Japan planned to capture the island of midway home to an American Military base. The US was able to break a Japanese code and know the date and location of the attack. This allowed the Allies to take the offensive side.

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The allies used island hopping to skip over Japanese strongholds and capture weaker targets which got used in next attacks.

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The island of Midway was home to which countries military base?
a. Japan
b. Great Britain
c. United States
d. Germany

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First use of the Kamikazes- Oct. 25, 1944

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First use of the Kamikazes- Oct. 25, 1944

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Kamikazes were Japanese pilots that intentionally crashed there planes after loading there plane with explosives. They would crash there planes into Allied ships taking there own lives.

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They allied forces invaded France by landing 150,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy and forcing through German defenses. This cause many casualties but it was a big victory of the allies because Germany surrendered Paris.

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The Yalta Conference was held is Soviet Territory. It was held in the hopes of reaching an agreement on what to do post war Europe. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill agreed upon what to do on the soon to be conquered Germany.

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7,000 Americans died trying to capture the tiny island of Iwo Jima. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers had been on the island when the American troops attacked. All but 1,000 American troops fought to the death.

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Battle of Okinawa- March 26- July 2, 1945

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Battle of Okinawa- March 26- July 2, 1945

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After the battle of Iwo Jima American troops invaded Okinawa. 12,000 American lives were lost. The Japanese lost the battle and more than 100,000 defenders.

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Forming of the United Nations- April- June 1945

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Forming of the United Nations- April- June 1945

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The United Nations was similar to the League of Nations. The US, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and China formed the UN Security Council. It was formed to avoid another war and it encouraged international cooperation.

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The US dropped a atomic bomb on the Japanese city or Hiroshima in hopes of them surrendering. 70,000 people were killed instantly. Despite the bomb being dropped Japan did not surrender.

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After the US dropped the first bomb Japan didn't surrender. The US drop a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. On this attack 40,000 people were killed, and tens of thousands died of radiation poisoning.

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The US dropped many other bombs on Japanese harbors and resource buildings prior to dropping the atomic bombs.

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V-J day is known as Victory in Japan Day. On this day Japan surrendered following the two atomic bombs being dropped on there country, this also concluded WWll.