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World War II Flashcards

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WW II: Leader of 1942 air raid on Tokyo

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Jimmy Doolittle

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WW II: Name for Nagasaki bomb

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Fat Man

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WW II: Code name for D-Day invasion

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Operation Overlord

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WW II: Agreement by the U.S. to aid Britain with war materials

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Lend/Lease

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WW II: Nazi doctor known as the “Angel of Death”

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Josef Mengele

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WW II: Nazi air force reichsmarschall

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Herman Goering

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WW II: Allied Supreme Commander

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Dwight Eisenhower

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WW II: Country invaded by Germany in 1939

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Poland

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WW II: American general of the 12th Army Group in Europe

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Omar Bradely

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WW II: Plan to rebuild Europe after the war

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Marshall Plan

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WW II: Man who headed the Manhattan project

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Robert Openheimer

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WW II: Nazi SS Chief

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Heinrich Himmler

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WW II: D-Day beach with the most casualties

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Omaha

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WW II: Island site of first major U.S. offensive against the Japanese

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Guadalcanal

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WW II: V-J Day

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September 2nd 1945

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WW II: U.S. Pacific fleet commander

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Chester Nimitz

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WW II: Cooperation agreement signed by FDR and Churchill

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Atlantic Charter

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WW II: French port where 337K soldiers were evacuated in 1940

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WW II: American general of the 3rd Army in Europe

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George S. Patton

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WW II: Most decorated U.S. soldier

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Audie Murphy

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WW II: D-Day date

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June 6th 1944

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WW II: Nazi captured in Argentina and hanged in1962

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Adolf Eichmann

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WW II: Naval battle in Central pacific - 1942

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Battle of Midway

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WW II: Battleship where Japanese signed surrender

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WW II: German tank commander known as “Desert Fox”

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Erwin Rommel

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WW II: Term for a female U.S. factory worker

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Rosie the Riveter

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WW II: Code name for U.S. atomic bomb project

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Manhattan Project

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WW II: Plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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WW II: Island where the U.S. flag was raised on Mt. Suribachi

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WW II: V-E Day

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May 8th 1945

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WW II: German “lightning war”

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Blitzkrieg

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WW II: German secret state police

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WW II: Top French General

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Charles De Gaulle

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WW II: British general in North Africa

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Bernard Montgomery

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WW II: Pearl Harbor day

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December 7th 1941

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WW II: Germany’s final western offensive

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Battle of the Bulge

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WW II: Native American language used as code

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WW II: Head of Germany’s V2 rocket program

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Werner von Braun

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WW II: D-Day beaches

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Omaha - Sword - Juno - Gold - Utah

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WW II: Name for Hiroshima bomb

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Little Boy

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