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| When did Germany invade Poland? |
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| Who declared war on Germany when they invaded Poland? |
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| How many U-boats did Admiral Doneitz request? How many did he recieve? |
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| What tactics did Germany use in WWII that proved effective? |
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| unrestricted submarine warfare with U-boats. |
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| What did the British use to counter the Germany U-boats? |
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| What U.S. President gave Britain help during WWII? |
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| When was the sinking of the Bismark? |
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| What happened on December 7, 1941? |
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| The Japanese attached the U.S. battle flet in Pearl Harbor. |
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| When did congress sign the Naval Expansion Act? |
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| When did Japan invade China? |
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| How did the U.S. help Britain and France in the beginning of their involvement in WWII? |
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| The U.S. gave Britain and France the use of U.S. ports. |
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| What was the United States 1st strategic priority of WWII? |
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| Who was Winston Churchill? |
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| The Prime Minister of Britain. |
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| In what year does the United States Army take Rome? |
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| When does Japan attack Manchuria? |
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| What proved to be most effective against German U-boats during WWII? |
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| How many battleships were sunk and how many U.S. lives lost at Pearl Harbor? |
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| 5 battleships sunk, 2400 people killed. |
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| Why is the Battle of Coral Sea significant? |
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| It was the first battle fought without the fleets seeing each other (aircraft carriers). |
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| Who won the Battle of Coral Sea? |
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| Why is the Battle of Midway significant? |
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| It was the turning point of the war in the Central Pacific. |
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| When did Tokyo surrender? |
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| Why is the battle of Leyte Gulf significant? |
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| It was the last classic battleship engagement. |
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| Who was the U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander? |
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| Admiral Chester W. Nimitz |
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| What allowed the U.S. to ambush the Japanese at the battle of Midway? |
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| U.S. intelligence broke Japanese codes, and the U.S. knew the Japanese plans. |
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| Who had the larger fleet in the beginning of WWII: Japan or the U.S,? |
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| What happened at the Battle of Midway? |
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| The U.S. shot and sank all 4 Japanese carriers and some destoyers, and only lost 1 U.S. carrier was lost. |
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| When did President Roosevelt begin an ail embargo against Japan? |
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| What is Operation Watchtower? |
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| The Battle for Guadalcanal: the first battle in the American amphibious campaign to liberate the Pacific from Japanese occupation. Where the Japanese war machine was finally halted |
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| What happened on August 6, 1945? |
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| The U.S. dropped the 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima. |
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| What happened on August 9, 1945? |
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| The U.S. drops a 2nd atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. |
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| What does President Roosevelt do after elected for a third term? |
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| He initiates a bulidup of U.S. forces, and concentrates on trade with France and Britain. |
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| What does the taking of France do for Germany? |
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| Gives them access to the Atlantic. |
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| What is the only sucessful way for Britain to counter the U-boat stategy in WWII? |
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| Where does Britain turn for help in the beginning of WWII? |
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| What is the U.S. willing to do for Britain in the beginning of WWII? |
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| How do the U.S. and Britain counter the U-boats? |
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| 1- shoot all u-boats on sight. 2- break German codeS. 3- development of SONAR. 4- development of HFDF(high frequency direction finder). 5- disguised gun boats as merchant ships. 6- Surface RADAR. |
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| What were the large battles of WWII in the Atlantic? |
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| What were the 2 proposed strategies for the U.S. to deal with Germany? |
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| 1- a protracted attack on North Africa. 2- Invasion of France. |
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| Where did the U.S. want to focus their efforts first in WWII? |
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| What were the 2 major threats for the U.S. when they entered the war? |
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| Who was the only substantial U.S. ally in WWII? |
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| Britain and the U.S. wanted different things in the war against Germany. What were they? |
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| The U.S. wanted an all-out war, and Britain just wanted a war of attrition. |
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| What was the non-aggresion act and when was it signed? |
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| It was an agreement made between Russia and Germany in 1939 that they would not invade each other's borders. |
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| Germany invaded Poland, and then Britain and France get involved. |
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| When dose the United States declare war on Japan? |
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