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22 Cards in this Set
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The Manhattan project |
The code name given to the effort to build an atomic bomb in the United States |
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George S Patton |
United States general who helped lead the allies to victory in the battle of the bulge |
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Franklin D Roosevelt |
The president of the United States from 1933-1945 who created the new deal and lead the United States during World War II |
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Adolf Hitler |
Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II |
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VJ day |
The day that Japan surrendered to the allies |
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Holocaust |
The murder of approximately 12 million people, including 6 million Jews, by Nazis during World War II |
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Concentration camp |
A prison in which the Nazis enslaved and murdered millions of Jews and other groups during World War II |
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Hideki Tojo |
Military leader of Japan during World War II |
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Douglas MacArthur |
A United States general who commanded the American forces in the southwest Pacific during World War II |
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Dictator |
A leader with complete control of the country's government |
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Allies |
The alliance between Great Britain, France, United States, Canada, and the Soviet Union during World War II |
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Rationing |
The governments practice of limiting the amount of food each person in the US could buy during World War II |
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Atomic bomb |
A type of bomb built during World War II that was stronger than anybody bomb before |
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Axis |
The alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II |
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Winston Churchill |
The leader of Great Britain during World War II |
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Benito Mussolini |
The Italian dictator during World War II |
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D-day |
General Eisenhower lead the Allied forces into Normandy, France in what was the largest invasion by sea in the world history |
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VE day |
The day that Germany surrendered |
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Harry S Truman |
President of the United States from 1945 to 1953 who decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan. |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
The commander of the Allied forces in Western Europe during World War II who later became president of the United States |
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Fascism |
A form of government in which freedoms are denied and the government has complete power |
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United Nations |
An international organization formed in 1945 to promote peace and end conflicts between countries |
