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V-E Day |
Victory in Europe day, mayonnaise, 1945, the day the allies won World War II in Europe |
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Bataan Death March |
During World War II, the forced march of Filipino and American prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
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"Island hopping" |
During World War II, Allied strategy of recapturing some Japanese – held islands well bypassing others |
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Douglas MacArthur |
In this way of island hopping American forces led by this general, gradually moved north towards Japan |
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Kamikaze |
Pilots who undertook suicide missions, crashing the explosive – Landon airplanes into American warships |
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Manhattan Project |
Codename for the project to build the first atomic bomb during World War II |
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Hiroshima |
Mid-sized city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945 |
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Nagasaki |
A coastal city in southern Japan on the island of Kyushu; city in Japan where the second atomic bomb was dropped in August 1945 |
