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Histology
10th Grade
03/29/2011

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Himmler
Definition
head of ss. Responsible for creation of concentration camps
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Rommel
Definition
Hitler's tank commander. tried to assassinate Hitler.
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What was Rommel's role in d-day?
Definition
he was put in charge of the defenses. However,on the day of the attack, he was off to see his wife and as a result, the german army was in chaos.
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Rudolf hess
Definition
Hitler's deputy who tried to go to Scotland to negotiate with Great Britain but instead he was arrested
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Herman goerring
Definition
commander of german airforce
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Goebbels
Definition
germany's propaganda minister
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hirohito
Definition
Japan's emperor during WWII
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Tojo
Definition
Japan's prime minister during WW2
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Yamamoto
Definition
Japan's naval commander
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What change did Mussolini wanted to make to Italy?
Definition
make italy's train run on time
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famous quote by Yamamoto
Definition
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
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FDR's quote
Definition
a day in which will live in infamy
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truman
Definition
authorized atomic bomb drop
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Neville chamberlane's quote
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I believe it is peace in our time
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churchill's quote
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never has so much been owe by so many to so few
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montgomery
Definition
main British General in WW2
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degaulle
Definition
leader of French resistance forces
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petain
Definition
tried to defend france by establishing the maginot line. later became premier of france and signed an armistice with Germany in 1940 giving hitler control of southern france
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patton
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renowned american ww2 general
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zhukov
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red army general who won most of the victories
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Eisenhower
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supreme commander in europe for americans and presided over the d-day invasion
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macarthur
Definition
u.s. general in pacific
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mark clark
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allied commander on the invasion of italy and n.africa. overlooked in ww2
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nimitz
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u.s. fleet commander
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bradley
Definition
one of the main u.s. fielder commanders
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What were hitler's mistakes?
Definition
*attacking russia in winter
*creating a two front war
*declaring war on the united states
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what were the two type of camps set up by the nazis to export jews to?
Definition
concentration and death
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wansee conference
Definition
three men discussed what to do with the jews and came up with the final solution
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
Definition
main developer of atomic bomb
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what domininated the pacific wars
Definition
the aircraft carrier
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the five normandy landings
Definition
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
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