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113 Cards in this Set
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Not letting a country build up its army.
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demilitarized
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the making of concessions to an aggression in order to avoid a war.
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appeasement
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a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries.
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isolationism
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"lightning war" a form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast-moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces.
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blitzkreig
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a sitting war.
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sitzkrieg (phony war)
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cutoff supplies. refuse to trade.
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sanctions
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German air force
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Luftwaffe
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division of a country
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partisans
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camps equipped with huge gas chambers that killed up to 6,000 people.
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death camps
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camps where they put the Jews.
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concentration camps
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S.S. death squad that helped kill Jews.
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Einsatzgruppen
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people that worked with Germans in France
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collaborators
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Japanese suicide pilots
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kamikaze
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the systematic slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis.
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Holocaust
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camps used to segregate a certain group of people.
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internment
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Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people.
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Final Solution
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Nations that formed an alliance Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Axis Powers
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Great Britain, Soviet Union, and U.S.
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Allied Powers
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Early in the morning of December 7, 1941, American sailors here in Hawaii awoke to the roar of explosives.
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Pearl Harbor
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a 1942 sea and air battle of WWII, in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific.
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Battle Of Midway
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General, the commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific, developed a plan to handle the problem of Japaneses troops that had dug in on hundreds of islands across the ocean.
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Douglas MacArthur
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a 1942-1943 battle of WWII, in which Allied troops drove Japanese forces from the Pacific island of Guadalcanal.
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Battle of Guadalcanal
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Germanic peoples; were a "master race"
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Aryans
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"Night of Broken Glass"- the night of Nov. 9, 1938, on which Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, bussinesses, and synagogues throughtout Germany
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Kristallnacht
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overcrowded Jewish segragated areas
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ghettos
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the systematic killing of an entire people.
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genocide
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American general that led Operation Torch launched by the Allies.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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a 1942-1943 battle of WWII, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Agreement between Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler in which the two plotted to divide Poland between them. Nazi-Soviet Pact
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nonaggression pact
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a system of fortifications along France's border with Germany
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Maginot Line
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French port city near the Belgian border from which a fleet of British ships and civilian craft evacuated trapped soldiers in 1940
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Dunkirk
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French general who organized the Free French military forces to fight the Nazis
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Charles de Gaulle
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British prime minister during WWII
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Winston Churchill
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1941 battle that demonstrated that Hitler's attacks could be blocked.
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Battle Of Britain
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Commander of Hitler's crack German tank force, the Afrika Korps.
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Erwin Rommel "desert fox"
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Joint declaration issued by Roosevelt and Churchill that upheld free trade among nations and the people's right to choose their own government
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Atlantic Charter
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In the ____________ after WWII, former Nazi leaders faced charges of waging a war of aggression and committing crimes against humanity.
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Nuremberg Trials
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The first day of the invasion of Normandy in WWII is known as ____.
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D-Day
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The battle that brought the war in Europe was the _________.
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Battle of the Bulge
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Hitler's plan to invade Soviet Union.
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Operation Barbarossa
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Admiral of Japanese navy- mastermined Pearl Harbor
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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______________ during Japan attacks the Phillipines and Dutch East Indies. 1942
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Battan Death March
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May 1942- Battle of _______- with aircraft carriers. U.S. did stop Japan's southward advance.
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Coral Sea
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Battle of ________- Marines take over Island
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Iwo Jima
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Battle of ______- seize that airfield.
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Guadalcanal
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Battle of ______- to seize island to get closer to Japan.
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Okinawa
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Turning point in pacific war.
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Battle of Midway
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started Holocaust, denies Jews citizenship and forbade marriages btw. Jews and non-jews. discriminated type of work the can do also.
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The Nurmerberg Laws
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prorgram of genocide
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Final Solution
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commander in chief of U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Admiral Chester Nimitz
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As the war progresed, Japan's desire to expand its empire led to attacks on _________ and ________.
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Manchuria and China
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Admiral _______ _______ was Japan's greatest naval strategist.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in _______ killed more than 2,300 Americans.
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Hawaii
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The Bataan Death March was a forced march of ______ prisoners of war on the Malay Peninsula.
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Allied
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Bombers under the command of Colonel __________ bombed Tokyo and demonstrated Japan's vulnerability to air attack.
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James H. Doolittle
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The Battle of the Coral Sea, using a new kind of naval warfare, was a victory for ____ forces.
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Allied
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The Battle of _____ turned the tide of war in the Pacific toward the Allies.
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Midway
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General ___________ devised the strategy of "island-hopping" which meant that the Allies would seize islands that were not well-defended but were closer to Japan.
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Douglas MacArthur
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The Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands lasted for ____ months and ended with Japanese withdrawal.
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six
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The "island of death" was what the Allies called ________.
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Guadalcanal
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General during this battle was General Montgomery (British). Rommel was defeated.
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Battle of El Alamein
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Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower in Morocco and Algeria. Defeated Germans.
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Operation Torch
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In Russia. Luftwaffe bombed during this battle. Nazis were defeated. Last attack Germans had on Soviet Union.
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Battle of Stalingrad
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in Italy. King Victor arrested Mussolini. Italy surrenders.
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Invasion of Sicily
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June 6, 1944. France.
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Battle of Normandy
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Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Advisor- Montey. Code named: Operation Overlod. Take the beach.
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D-Day
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Political party in Germany that proclaimed that Aryans were a "master race".
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Nazis
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Symbol Jews in German-controlled areas were forced to wear for identification:
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Star of David
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Acronym for Hitler's elite secutiry force:
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SS
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The largest of the extermination camps:
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Auschwitz
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Country that had the highest number of Jews killed during the Holocaust:
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Poland
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North African battle in which German troops were beaten back:
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Battle of El Alamein
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German general in North Africa:
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Erwin Rommel
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Process of controlling distribution of scarce goods during wartime:
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Rationing
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Process of relocating Japanese Americans into restricted areas:
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relocation camps
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Location of Allied D-Day invasion:
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Normandy, France
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Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the Allies pushed the germans back:
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Battle of the Bulge
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Japanese suicide pilots
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Kamikazes
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Event that caused Japan to surrender:
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Dropping of the atomic bombs.
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Last major battle in Europe for WWII. Germany surrenders
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Battle of the Bulge
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Ended operation overlord.
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Liberation of Paris
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Hitler commits suicide during this battle. Eisenhower accepts surrender.
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Battle of Berlin
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MacArthur retakes Phillipine Islands in this battle.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Aug. 1945- U.S. drops first atomic bomb on this city.
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Hiroshima
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2nd bomb droppd on this city 3 days after Hiroshima. Japan surrenders after this bombing.
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Nagasaki
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Top secret mission of building the atomic bombs.
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Manhattan project
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Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the Allies pushed the germans back:
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Battle of the Bulge
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Japanese suicide pilots
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Kamikazes
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Event that caused Japan to surrender:
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Dropping of the atomic bombs.
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Last major battle in Europe for WWII. Germany surrenders
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Battle of the Bulge
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Ended operation overlord.
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Liberation of Paris
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Hitler commits suicide during this battle. Eisenhower accepts surrender.
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Battle of Berlin
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MacArthur retakes Phillipine Islands in this battle.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Aug. 1945- U.S. drops first atomic bomb on this city.
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Hiroshima
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2nd bomb dropped on this city 3 days after Hiroshima. Japan surrenders after this bombing.
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Nagasaki
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Top secret mission of building the atomic bombs.
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Manhattan project
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Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the Allies pushed the germans back:
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Battle of the Bulge
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Japanese suicide pilots
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Kamikazes
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Event that caused Japan to surrender:
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Dropping of the atomic bombs.
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Last major battle in Europe for WWII. Germany surrenders
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Battle of the Bulge
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Ended operation overlord.
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Liberation of Paris
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Hitler commits suicide during this battle. Eisenhower accepts surrender.
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Battle of Berlin
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MacArthur retakes Phillipine Islands in this battle.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Aug. 1945- U.S. drops first atomic bomb on this city.
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Hiroshima
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2nd bomb droppd on this city 3 days after Hiroshima. Japan surrenders after this bombing.
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Nagasaki
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Top secret mission of building the atomic bombs.
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Manhattan project
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Put nazi war criminals on trial.
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Nuremberg Trials
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September 1, 1939
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Invasion of Poland
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9 months later after invasion of Poland ____ falls.
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France
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December 7, 1941
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Pearl Harbor
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June 6, 1944
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D-Day
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May 9, 1945
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V-E Day
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September 2, 1945
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V-J Day
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