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London Economic conference

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FDR didn’t cooperate

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Tydings-McDuffie Act

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  • Gave Filipino independence by 1946 because it was too expensive to keep it
  • Jap thought US didn’t cared about pacific
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What did FDR have to do to the Soviet union

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FDR recognized the Soviet union in order to trade

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What is the Good Neighbor Policy

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-determined to improve relations with the nations of Central and South America.
- Needed Latin America as Allies
- Did away with TR Corollary so US would not intervene

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Secretary of State for FDR

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Hull

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Hull tariffs

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made low tariff deals with 21 countries under the table
Lowered Hawley-Smoot tariffs by 50 percent

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Nye Report

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said WWI a mistake and caused by bankers and munitions dealers who got rich

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Neutrality act of 1935 6 and 7

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  • said to prevent american entrance into WWII
  • No american could sail on Belligerent ship
  • Sell or transport munitions to belligerent or make loans to a belligerent
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Spanish Civil war

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test of the Neutrality act, Helped Franco a fascist get into power

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Who helped Facism in the Spanish Civil war

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Hitler by sending pilots

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What did america do to help the republic in the civil war

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Thousand Americans volunteered to fight for republic and Hemingway was in there

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What was FDR response to the spanish civil war

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  • FDR wanted to Stop the spread fascist
  • Met by furious response
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Panay boat

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  • Japan planes attack American gun boat Panay
    • Japan apology
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Destroyer Deal with British

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50 US Ships for leases on British islands

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US response of the Mussolinis italy invades Ethopia

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1st nuetrality act

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What was Hitlers first act against the Versailles treaty

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Hitler Reoccupies the Rhineland in 1936, then Austria in the Anschluss then the Sudetenland and then Czechoslovakia

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Why was hitlers response against the versailles treaty not good

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Europe was in a depression so they could not do anything

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18
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What movie was a portrayal of the times

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sound of music

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What was the start of the sino-japan war

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Japannese attack Manchuria in 1931 and in 1937 they attack the rest of china

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What was the US response to the sino Japan war

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sold weapons to Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalist

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Why could we and why would we have sold weapons to Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalist

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They were not offically at war and We saw Chiang as a surrogate in Asia

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What showed the brutality of Japan

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Raping of nanking

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What were the Flying tigers

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  • American Volunteer Group for Chang
  • Not very useful
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24
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What offical powers happened in 1940

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1940 Germany Italy and Japan form Axis

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When does wwII start

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  • WWII starts in Sep 1939
    • Germany invades Poland
    • Poles have no chance
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Cash and Carry Laws

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  • US will trade with countries at war if they can pay cash for it
  • End of Real Neutrality
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Lend Lease

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  • Lending them Machine guns
  • we never getting them back
  • Send guns not sons
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1940 election

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FDR Wendell Willkie

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Wendell Wilke

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  • Willkie a political novice but great personality from Indiana
    • Did better than others but still destroyed
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FDR in 1940 election

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  • Do not change Horses in the middle of the stream
    • Violated 2 term tradition
      • said he owed his experience to the service of his country
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Germany invasion of the USSR- American response

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Extends 1 bill lend to USSR

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What was the first meeting of FDR and Churchill

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Newfoundland; Atlantic Charter to lay out war aims

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What does FDR order the navy to escort

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  • FDR orders US ships to escort lend lease convoys as far as Iceland
    • hoping one gets hit so they can go to war
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34
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Pearl harbor immediate affect

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resulted in America going to war with Japan

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35
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Why did we go to war with germany

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because after Pearl Harbor we declared war on Japan and Germany declares war on US

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36
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Civilian response to Pearl Harbor

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Japanese interment Camps

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Response to Japanese interment Camps from sup. ct.

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1944 Supreme Ct. decision Korematsu vs U.S. and said it was constitutional

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Nisei regiments

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Japanese that wanted to show there support

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39
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What was the first government takeover of society

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War production board

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40
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Henry Kaiser

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  • prefabricated parts of liberty ships
  • make them in a week
41
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What was the beginning of the War in the Pacific, and then what immediately preceded it

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Pearl Harbor followed by the attack on the Philippians by the Japan

42
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What all was Japan after

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Control in the Pacific and resources to back that; Guam Wake Phillipeans Hong Kong Malaya and French Indo China

43
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What was the only delay in the seeking of the pacific for Japan

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only delay for japan was in Philippians Gen Macarthur pulled back to Bataan Peninsula and island Corregidor.

44
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What was the outcome of the Bataan peninsula and island Corriegidor

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Largest US surrender and the Bataan death march

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What was the US plan following the Bataan death march

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Island Hoping strategy so that Japan couldn’t guess where they were

46
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Admiral Nimitz in pacific with fleet did what

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lead the Pacific fleet as it advances across central pacific with marines

47
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Gen Macarthur with a fleet did what in pacific

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led Pacific advances across south pacific

48
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Who was Gen Macarthur help with the pacific

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Admiral Halsey for Naval support

49
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What was the second strategy behind island hopping in the pacific

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Two Pronged attack leading to a meet up in Japan

50
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Why did america choose a 2 pronged attack

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political reasoning with favorites and to confuse the Japan Army

51
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What were the forces for US during the battle of coral sea

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US Naval force led by Adm. Fletcher with Carriers Yorktown and Lexington

52
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What is special about the battle of Coral Sea

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1st sea battle in which neither fleet saw the there one purely an air battle

53
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What were the outcomes for the US resources in the battle of coral sea

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Japan sank Lexington, destroyer and a tanker and Yorktown and lost 33 planes

54
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Who won the battle of Coral sea

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US won and gave Japan there first loss

55
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What was Japans plan for the battle of Midway and who coordinated it

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Adm. Yamamoto used an attack on midway to bait to draw out US fleet; Diversionary attack on Aleutians while Adm. Nagumo led an 88 ship attack force towards Midway

56
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What was the advantage in the battle of midway america had

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US knew the codes and had there plans

57
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What did US do in preparation for the attack at midway and who led it

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Nimitz send Adms. Fletcher and Spruance to defend Midway with Enterprise, Hornet and repaired Yorktown

58
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What changed the course of the war

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Midway

59
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What type of ship was hit hard at the battle of midway

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Torpedo Bombers

60
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What was the war FDR wanted

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Germany war

61
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What was the deal with Stalin

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Desperately wanted second front; very parinoid

62
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What was the first Conflict involving america in WWII

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  • invade West Africa for Suez Canal
    • operation torch
63
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Who led Operation torch

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Dewight Esienhower

64
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Movie about Operation torch

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Casa Blanca

65
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Where was the first US and german interaction

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Tunisia in afrcia

66
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Who won operation torch

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America with Surrender 250,000 Germans and Italins in Tunisia

67
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What was the plan for after operation torch

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Invasion of Sicily

68
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How did the Invastion of Sicily go

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Allies invade Sicily Montgomery’s British 8th army in the east and Pattons 7th US army in the west; fell in 38 days

69
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What was the Casablanca conference

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at the Casablanca Conference in January Allies agreed to an invasion of Italy in the spring invasion of France in 1944 and the concept of unconditional surrender

70
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Tehran Conference

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Stalin agreed to launch a military offensive from the east to help invasion of west with the lead of Eisenhower

71
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Normandy invasion landing sites

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  • Gold Sword Juno for brits
  • Omaha and Utah
72
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What happened the night before D-Day

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Night before US 82 and 101 Airborne division parachuted behind the beaches to disrupt German reinforcements

73
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Premise of the Battle of the Bulge

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Last major German attack of WWII

74
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German goal of the battle of the Bulge

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German goal was Antwerp the main port supplying the Allied forces

75
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What held the progress of the germans in the battle of the bulge

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  • Americans held Bastogne road junction delaying German assault
76
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Who was in lead for America in the battle of the Bulge

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Gen. Patton rushed to relieve Bastogne

77
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Result of the Battle of the Bulge

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  • Great failure that used up all that the Germans had
    • suffered 200,000 casualties for germany
    • 81,000 american casulaties
78
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1944 FDR campaign

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Dont change the pitcher in the middle of the game

79
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Yalta Conference

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post war conference where FDR is almost dead; after Germany surrenders

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invasion of Leyte signifigance

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Invasion led to the largest naval battle in history in Leyte Gulf; Philippians and the return of general MacArthur

81
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Iwo Jima prerequisite

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Jap airbase on island plagued US bombers;- would be valuable for crippled bombers
- Jap put 21,000 on 8 square miles of the island making it the most defensed island

82
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When was the first attack at Iwo Jima

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Feb 19th two US marine divisions

83
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Geographical feature of Iwo Jima and picture

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Mont Suribachi; a large American flag was raised and the photo was b Joe Rosenthal

84
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Battle with all the metal of honor

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Iwo Jima

85
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Result of Iwo Jima

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Secured and saved estimated 24,000 men

86
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Okinawa prere

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2 pronges meet at okinawa; 100,000 men protecting it

87
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Okinawa significance

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first time seeing kamikazi; loses of ships

88
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March fire bombing

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Fire bombing of Tokyo to catch the houses on fire and killed 83,00 burned 16 sqr miless

89
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first and second atomic bomb

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August 6th Enola Gay dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing 71,000 out of 310,000; August 9 2nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki

90
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When did Japan surrender

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after nagasaki and with the condition of keeping there emperor

91
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War time confrences in order

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  • Casa Blanca
    • no stalin
  • Tehran
    • healthy ros
  • Yalta
    • almost dead ros
  • Potsdam
    • truman
92
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How were the Native americans used in the war

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Navajo tribes language for codes

93
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How many served in the war in america

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15 mil

94
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How did women help in the war

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  • 275,000 women served
  • not in combat
  • nurses secretaries ect.
  • WASPS WAVES WAC
95
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Who had the most deaths

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Soviet union 22 mil

96
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Who had the most percent dead

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poland 17 percent

97
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Big 7 holocaust

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  • Auschwitz
  • Dachau
  • Bergen-Belsen
  • Treblinka
  • Mauthausen
  • Sobibor
  • Buchenwald
98
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Heydrich

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final solution man

99
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Himmler

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Head of SS; chicken farmer?

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