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After d day the allies advanced , famous American General

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Blood in guts. General patton

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Ww2 started with the invasion of what neutral country

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Poland

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Plane and main pilot who dropped atomic Bonn

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Enola gay ,Paul tibbets

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Who was the over all general of allied invasion, d day invasion

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Dwight d Eisenhower

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Germany started new military form, new fight

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Blitzkrieg ( lightening war )

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Fdr trying to keep USA neutral , wanted to help great Britain. What bill gave help to Britain

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Lend lease bill

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Two things helped us win war on home front

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Rationing & war bonds

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In Germany, when hitler was trying to take over. He used to Jews as scapegoats. What is the hatred of Jews called

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Anti semitism

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Date that the USA entered ww2

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12/7/41

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Systematic killing of Jews

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Holocaust

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100,000 Japanese Americans were put into camps, what were these camps called

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Interment camps

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German general known as desert fox, defeated Elle allemain. Stopped what from getting taken over

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Erwin Rommel. Suez Canal

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German bombers tried to bomb Britain into surrender. British called it the

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Blitz

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Battle for this island in pacific. First time seeing suicide planes. What were they called ?

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Kamikazees. Okinawa

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Turning point in Europe

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Stalingrad

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What year did roosevelt use 4th election

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1944

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Vj-day. Where did jap sign surrender

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U.S.S Missouri. 8/15/45

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What hurt the war effort

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Racism

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Largest of the death camps in Poland

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Auschwitz

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USA troops were entertained by what organization

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Uso

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What island battle in island hopping. Americans find out japs will rather die then surrender

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Saipan

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This country invaded by hitler 1938.

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Austria

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During a war this prize winning author gave reports. Gave insights in war

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Ernie Pyle

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In the 20s what 2 men rose to power in Europe

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Mussolini & hitler

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Battle scene

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Mount Surabacha

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Date and name of ally invasion of Europe

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Operation overload. 4/6/44

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Royal Air Force, what leader.

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Churchill

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What is the date of ve-day

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May 8 45

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Greatest rescue. 300,000 saved on what beach.

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Dunkirk

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How did they communicate

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Letters

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After the war, all war criminals trailed

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Nuremberg, Tokyo

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Code name for North African invasion

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Operation torch

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Who had the difficult job of use of atomic bomb

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Turman

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Battle for pacific turning point battle

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Midway

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Who made final decision to attack Pearl Harbor

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Hirohito

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Who did hitler sign a treaty with

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Soviet Union

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320 men killed at this place, African American. Decrease of segregation

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Fort of Chicago

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Code name for building atomic bomb

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Manhattan project

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German code machine

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Enigma

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This city was liberate in 1944, Mussolini was destroyed

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Rome

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Decorated fighting outfit in the war

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442nd

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5,000 japs died defending what island that became an airstrip

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Tarawa

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In Europe there was 2 total

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Nazism, facism

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Battle plan in the pacific

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Island hopping

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During the war, what 2 groups gave help and support and help for the troops

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Medics and chaplains

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2 cities (in order) were destroyed by atomic bomb

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Hiroshima , Nagasaki

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Germany , Italy, Japan

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Axis powers

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I shall return

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Douglass MacArthur

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Code name for allied invasion of Sicily

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Operation husky

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Build up of military weapons and Food

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Homefront

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Biggest mistake after ww1. Made Germany pay lots of money what is this called

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Reparations

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August 25,44 what city is liberated from Germany control

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Paris

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Name of the last German offensive

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Battle of the bulge

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