Unit 5 Summative Part 2

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Russian leader during WWII

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Stalin

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British Prime Minister during WWII

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Churchill

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Italian fascist dictator during WWII

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Mussolini

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Japanese political leader who signed the peace treaty to end the war in the Pacific

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Hirohito

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German dictator during WWII

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Hitler

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The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because

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it turned the tide of the war in the East.

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The US carried on an "island-hopping campaign" in order to

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get close enough to Japan to take over

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Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed that

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Germany's people were superior to everyone else

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Which event ended the war in the Pacific? Options: D-Day, the arrest of Mussolini, bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Which of the following illustrates the fact that Allies approached Germany from all sides (two-front war)? Options: The U.S. island-hopped, taking Iwo Jima and Okinawa, later bombing Japan, Allies liberated Paris, crossed the Rhine; the Soviets reoccupied Ukraine, Baltics, and Warsaw, Allies landed at Normandy

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Allies liberated Paris, crossed the Rhine; the Soviets reoccupied Ukraine, Baltics, and Warsaw