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This decisive battle in 1942 ended the Axis advance into Egypt
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Battle of El Alamein
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This decisive battle saw 300,000 axis troops captured and ended Axis presence in Africa
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Battle of Tunis
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This battle for a coastal town in Italy between Canadian and German forces became known as the "Italian Stalingrad" |
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Battle of Ortona
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German General in charge of the defensive campaign in Italy
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Albert Kesselring
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The agreement between Germany, France, and Britain that saw Germany annex the Sudetenland. |
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Munich Agreement
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The official name of the French puppet government set up by the Germans based in the town of Vichy |
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French État Français
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Codename for the Dunkirk evacuation
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Operation Dynamo
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When Germany invaded Poland
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September 2, 1939
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The first British fighter capable of matching the Me 109
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Supermarine Spitfire
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Viewed as the leader of the Free France movement and later becomes President of Post-War France |
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Charles de Gaulle
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British Admiral tasked with planning the Dunkirk evacuation
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Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay
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The most decisive battle in the Pacific that saw 3 Japanese carriers sunk and 600 aircraft lost.
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Battle of the Philippine Sea
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The territorial agreement that saw parts of Czechoslovakia ceded to Hungary |
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The First Vienna Award
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How many times Hitler visited Paris after it fell
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Once
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Place of the British attack on the French fleet just days after the French surrender. |
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Mers-el-Kébir
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Name of the Allied invasion of Axis North Africa.
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Operation Torch
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Leader of the Soviet Union
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Joseph Stalin
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The turning point of the Pacific War in 1942
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Battle of Midway
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The country that was exporting iron ore to Germany through Norway |
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Sweden
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The head of the French puppet government.
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Marshal Philippe Pétain
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The last major battle of WW2 that saw 110,000 Japanese killed and 48000 US casualties
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Battle of Okinawa
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The event where Nazi Germany occupied and annexed Austria on March 12, 1938 |
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Anschluss
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The period between the allied declaration of war and the German invasion of France of which little happened. |
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Phony War
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This US general issued orders using his own slang and was responsible for the allied defeat at the Battle of Kasserine Pass.
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Major General Lloyd Fredendall
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The anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan |
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Anti-Comintern Pact
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Commander of the BEF in 1939
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General Lord Gort
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How long the Dutch lasted against the Nazi onslaught
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4 Days
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The non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany where they agreed to split Poland up between them. |
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Lithuanian Territory that was demanded by Germany on March 20, 1939 |
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Memel
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The first naval battle in history where the opposing fleets never saw each other.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Fat Man
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How long the Belgians lasted against the Nazi invasion
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18 Days
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The codename of the Soviet counterattack that saw the German 6th army at Stalingrad surrounded in a two-pronged attack
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Operation Uranus
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German General that commanded the tank attack through the Ardennes. Seen as the architect of Blitzkrieg |
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General Heinz Guderian
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The three countries that were occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940. (Order is North to South) |
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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The most successful German fighter plane of the war
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Messerschmitt Bf 109
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French Commander-in-Chief in 1939
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Maurice Gamelin
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The Japanese Puppet state in Manchuria
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Manchukuo
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German General that came up with the plan to smash through the Ardennes and surround the Allied armies in Belgium. |
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Field Marshall Erich von Manstein
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The Pact signed in 1940 that formally aligned the military aims of Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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Tripartite Pact
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One of the best Allied tank commanders that was demoted during the Sicily campaign
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General George S. Patton
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King of Britain during WWII
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King George 6th
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General in charge of the Soviet troops in Stalingrad during the Battle of Stalingrad
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Vasily Chuikov
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The turning point in the Eastern front in 1942
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Battle of Stalingrad
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This plane was the most expensive project for the Americans in the entire war. Its predecessor was the B-17 Flying Fortress.
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B-24 Liberator
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The German operation that saw Germany invade Denmark and Norway |
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Operation Weserübung
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When Hitler became Chancellor
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January 30, 1933
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This Axis Admiral is famous for his use of wolf pack tactics against allied shipping in the Atlantic and succeeded Hitler as Head of State in 1945
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Karl Dönitz
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Admiral in charge of the Japanese Carrier force at Midway
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Chūichi Nagumo
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When the Soviet Union invaded Finland, starting the Winter War. |
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November 30, 1939
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A skirmish between Japanese and Chinese troops here instigated the Japanese invasion of China
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Marco Polo Bridge
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Emporer of Ethiopia
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Haile Selassie
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The territorial agreement that awarded Northern Transylvania to Hungary |
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The Second Vienna Award
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When the Soviets invaded Poland.
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September 17, 1939
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Australian troops held out in this Algerian port for 241 days before being relieved by operation crusader
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Tobruk
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British prime minister that is known for his policy of appeasement toward Hitler |
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Neville Chamberlain
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This German defensive line in Italy delayed the allied advance until mid-June 1944 and was used to buy time for the withdrawal to the Gothic line |
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Trasimene Line
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Churchill often referred to Italy as the _____ of Europe
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Underbelly
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British Prime Minister that replaced Chamberlain
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Winston Churchill
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This German defensive line in Italy ran along the Trigno river and was breached by the allies in November 1943 |
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Barbara Line
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When Hitler became the Fuhrer
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August 2, 1934
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The Emperor of Japan
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Hirohito
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King of Albania before Italian occupation in 1939
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King Zog
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The supreme commander of the Royal Italian Army. Succeeded Mussolini. |
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Pietro Badoglio
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The port where 300,000 allied soldiers were evacuated across English Channel |
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Dunkirk
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Famous German dive bomber that "screamed"
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Junkers Ju 87
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The most famous British bomber plane of the war. It entered service in 1942. |
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Lancaster Bomber
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The number of defensive lines the Germans set up in Italy
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9
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Name of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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Little Boy
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How it took for France and Britain to declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland |
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2 days
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