The Allies Are Victorious Flashcards

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British victory over Rommel in North Africa

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Battle of El Alamein

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Stalin FDR Churchill

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Big three

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American forces land in North Africa

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Operation torch

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Leader of American forces in European theatre

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Soviet victory over Germany, their retreat begin

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Churchill and FDR agreed to invade Italy and only accept unconditional surrender

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Casablanca conference

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Allied invasion France

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Operation overload

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Invasion of France on June 6, 1944

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D-Day

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Hitlers counter attack against allied forces

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Battle of the bulge

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Victory in Europe may 8, 1945

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V-E Day

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Naval battle that destroyed the Japanese naval forces

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Battle of Leyte gulf

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Japanese suicide pilots

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Kamikaze

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Military code of conduct, more honorable to die than to surrender

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Bushido

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First battle of on Japanese soil. 99% of Japanese soldiers killed in battle

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Battle of Iwo Jima

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Last major battle in pacific theatre, over 100,000 Japanese soldiers killed

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Battle of Okinawa

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Project to develop the atomic bomb

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Manhattan project

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Plane that carried the A-bombs

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Enola gay

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Fat man plutonium bomb and little boy atomic bomb

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Fat man and little boy

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August 6 & 9 1945 cities destroyed by atomic and plutonium bomb.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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August 15, and September 2, 1945

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V-J day