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Hiroshima
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A city in Japan where the atomic bomb was dropped, killing 80,000 people instantly
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Nanjing
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A Chinese city that was taken over by Japanese soldiers, killing and raping 80,000 Chinese women, children and torturing/killing 250,000 prisoners of war.
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Manhattan Project
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A research and development project started by Albert Einstein which figured out how to make the first atomic bomb.
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Uranium
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A chemical element in the periodic table that can be used to make an atomic bomb.
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Fat-Boy
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The name of a bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki
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Little Boy
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The code name given to the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima
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Enola Gay
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Name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. It was named after the pilots mother.
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Incedentary Bomb
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Fire bombs that were dropped on the city of Tokyo, killing over 100,000 civilians.
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Midway
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An island in the South Pacific that was between Japan and the U.S.
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Baaton
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A city in the Philippines which Japan invaded, captured and tortured American and Filipino prisoners of war. Over 10,000 died on the march and 15,000 more died in the camps.
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Keloids
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Growth of extra skin caused by severe burns--many people from Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered these severe burns causing these growths.
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Total War
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When a nation uses every resource they have available in order to win a war.
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Fission
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The splitting of the nucleus of an atom which releases energy.
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Critical Mass
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The minimum amount of material needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction.
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Kamikaze
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A type of Japanese pilot who was on a suicide mission causing massive damage, killing themselves and others.
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World War II
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On September 1, 1939 England and France declare war on Germany because Hitler was not keeping the peace agreement agreed to in the Munich Agreement.
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Pearl Harbor
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On December 7, 1941, Japanese Bomber planes launched a surprise attack on this naval base on the island of Hawaii. The next day, the US officially enters World War II.
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