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Atomic bomb
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nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission
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Rosie the river
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Cultural icon representing the woment ow worked in factories during world war 2
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Harry S. Truman
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33rd president of the united states on roosevelts death in 1945 an was elected president in 1948
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v-e day
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the date allies celebrated victory in Europe. May 8,1945
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v-j day
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Japan surrendered to the allies, august 14, 1945; formal surrender took place september 2, 1945, ending the war.
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Axis
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the alliance of italy, germany, and japan
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Manhattan Project
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code name for the sercert united states project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in world war 2
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biltzkrieg
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German word meaning " lightning war"
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Joseph Stalin
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Communist dictator of soviet union
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d-day
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the first day of the allied invasion of normandy
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j. robert oppenheimer
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united states physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atmoic bomb
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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united states general who suprvised the invision on normandy and the defeat of germany
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Benito Mussolini
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Italian fascist dictator
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Nazi
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a German member of adolf hitlers political party
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Hideki Tojo
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Japanese prime minister and mastermind of japanese military
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dicator
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a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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allis
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the alliance of Bitain, France and Russia
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Adolf hitler
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German nazi dictator during world war 2
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Enola gay
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nickname for the american plane that dropped the atmoic bomb on hiroshima, Japan.
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world war 2
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a war which great britain , france,the soviet union,the united sates,china and other defeated Germany, italy, and japan {1939-1945}
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