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27 Cards in this Set
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The big three: ___, ___,& ____ met ay Yalta to decide Fate of Europe... Agreed to the forming of the ____ ____ to keep peace in World after war.
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Roosevelt, Hitler, & Stalin
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At Tehran, Iran Roosevelt & Churchill decided Allies would invade ____ in NW France. Stalin promised to begin an offensive at same time.
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Normandy
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D-DAY: Under ____ ____, Allies hit the beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
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General Eisenhower
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(Operation Overlord: ____ soldiers, ____ ships, ____ planes.
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150,000
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Despite heavy German resistance Allies claim victory. WIth a foothold in EUrope, they could launch attack on ____.
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Berlin
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By July 1944, Gen. ____ ____ tanks were racing across France, French ___ ___ __ ____ reoccupied Paris.
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Gen George Patton's
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Victory Over Germany: 1. Soviets marched towards ____; retook Poland , Romania (nest is suspicious of Stalis aims.)
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Berlin
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2. Allies bombed ____ itself. Hitler refuses to surrender.
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Germany
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3. Massive battle of the Bulge won by Allies who stormed across the ___ ____.
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Rhine RIver
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4. SOviets fought way into Berlin and on May 7, 1945, Germans ____.
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Surrendered
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Hitler had commited ____ in his bunker.
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Suicide
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Mussolini was ____ by Italian resistance fighters. (May 8-VE Day)
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Shot
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When is VE day?
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May 8
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Victory Over Japan: Early 1945-Victory against Japan was inevitable but Japanese fought on (Ini Jima & ____)
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Okinawa
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jULY 26, 1945-u.s Demands complete surrender or use secret weapon-____ ____ ____.
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The Atomic Bomb
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FDR had died. ____ ___ was President who decided...
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Harry Truman
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Aug 6, 1946-bomb dropped on ____.
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Hiroshima
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Aug 14, 1945-Japanese ____.
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Surrenders
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Aug 15-VJ day) 2nd bomb dropped on ____.
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Nagasaki
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Effects of War: ____million casualties.
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55
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_ million Jews dead in Holocaust.
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6
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____ movement for Jewish homeland in Middle East (Israel given to Jews by Britain)
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Zionist
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_ million homeless
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12
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Much of Europe lay in ____.
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Ruins
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At ____;Nazi leaders put on trial for "Crimes against humanity".
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Nuremburg
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U.S & Soviet Union emerge as the world's two ____.
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Superpowers
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Stalin drops the "____ ____" over Eastern Europe; Germany divided into free western Europe & Communist-controlled East.
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Iron Curtain
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