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Allies?
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Us&england&France&Russia
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what's d-day?
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June 6th 1944 battle of Normandy --> (us&allies&canada evade France to free nazis.)
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightning war" meant to overwhelm an opponet by tanks, airforce and artillery.
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Churchill winston
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prime minister
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Eisenhower, Dwight
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General of the US military and future president of Us.
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Fascism
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Italian political movement based on extreme patriotism or nationalism (pride in your country)
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G.i bill of right
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provided educational and economic help to veterans
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Hitler, Adolf
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leader of Nazi party and Germany
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Island hopping
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ww2 strategy Japan weakly defended in order to stage further attacks
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Japanese internement
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us set up camps to hold Japanese during ww2
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Kamikaze
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technique pilots would crash planes into American warships
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luftwaffe
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German air force
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Benito, Mussolini
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founder of fascism and dictator of Italy during ww2
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nazism
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German political movement based on nationalism
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Oppenheimer ,Robert
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leading scientist to build atomic bomb * Manhattan project
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Pearl harbor
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December 7th 1941
Japan attacked us. u.s. ended isolation |
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Willard van Orman quine
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in the Navy as part of intelligent(snitch)
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Roosevelt
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president led ww2
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stallin, joseph
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communist dictator of Russia led the U.S.S.R. against axis
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Truman Harry
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president after Roosevelt ended we by dropping 2 atomic bombs
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united nations
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peacekeeping body
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ve day?
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May 18th 1945 Germany surrender
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VJ Day
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august 14th 1945 Japan surrender
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Axis powers??
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Germany
Japan italy |
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Yalta conference
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attended by
Roosevelt Stalin Churchill to prevent Germany uprising |
