World War 2

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Atomic Bomb

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Dropped on Japanese cities that made Japan surrender and ended World War 2.

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D-Day

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June 6, 1944, troops led by Dwight Eisenhower invaded German occupied France.

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General Dwight Eisenhower

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U.S. general during World War 2 that was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy.

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Battle of Midway

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Turning point in the Pacific. Eliminated the Japanese advance.

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The Holocaust

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Mass murder of over 6 million Jews commited by the Nazi party in Germany.

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General George S. Patton

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Leader of American forces that invaded North Africa and Sicily, and advanced into Europe.

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General George Marshall

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FDR's Chief of Staff

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Island-Hopping

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Allied naval stategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time.

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General Douglas MacArthur

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Led the US army in the Pacific.

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Navajo Code Talkers

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Spoke the unwritten and complicated Navajo language, so the Japanese could not decode our messages.

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Chester A. Nimitz

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Admiral in command of Pacific Navy fleet.

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Women and Minorites

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Asked to fill in the jobs that were left behind by soldiers going overseas.

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Pearl Harbor

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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor December, 7 1941 to draw the U.S. into the war.

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Zimmerman Note

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Telegram from Germany to Mexico asking to attack the U.S. and in return would gain back territories.

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Benito Mussolini

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Established a Fascist regime in Italy

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Joseph Stalin

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Dictator of USSR; our ally in WW2

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WInston Churchill

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Prime Minister of Great Britain; our ally

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Our President during most of WW2; died just before Germany surrendered

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Victory Gardens

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made sure we had enough food

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Rationing

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controlled how much food everybody got

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War Bonds

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US government issued them for people to buy to support the war effort

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Fascism

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System of government Benito Mussolini made

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Lend-Lease Act

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sell, lend, or lease war materials to countries deemed important to the US

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Office of War Information

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Produce Pro-Allied, Anti-Axis propaganda in the US

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Japanese-Americans

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were forced from there homes to internment camps in America

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Axis Powers

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-Germany
-Italy
-Japan

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Allied Powers

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-Great Britain
-France
-United States
-Soviet Union

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Adolf Hitler

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Dictator of Germany, in charge of the deaths of 6 million Jews.

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Archduke Ferdinand

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Archduke of Austria that was assassinated in an effort to start the war.

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Harry Truman

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Became President when FDR died. Made the decision to drop 2 atomic bombs on Japan.