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DDay
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June 6, 1944. 156,000 allied troops landed on 5 beaches.
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Merchant Marines
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brought the supplies.
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Battle of Midway
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Destroyed four japanese aircraft carriers. Destroyed Japan's superior strength in the Pacific Ocean.
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Battle of the Bulge
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Allies began moving eastward liberating Paris in August of 1944. German attack collapse.
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General George S. Patton
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One of the commanders of the forces that invaded North Africa and Sicily.
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General George Marshall
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Chief of Staff, organizer of victory. Urged military preparedness before Pearl Harbor.
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Flying Tigers
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Americans who taught the japanese how to fly better.
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General Douglas MacArthur
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Commander of the U.S Army in Pacific.
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Code Talkers
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Undecipherable code to communicate that could not be broken by the Japanese.
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Years for WWII
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1939-1945
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of England.
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Franklin Roosevelt
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President during the great depression, WWI and somewhat WWII
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Victory Gardens
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Gardens that grew veggies to be sent to the troops.
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Rationing
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Little stamps that said how much food you were allowed for the week.
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Lend-Lease Act
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Sell, lease or lend war materials to any country the President deemed fit.
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Japanese Americans in internment Camps
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We imprisoned Japanese-Americans during WWII.
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Omar Bradley
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4 star general. Led first American War.
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Harry Trueman
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President who dropped the bombs during WWII.
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Years for WWII for Us
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1941-1945
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Benito Mussolini
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Formed Facist party in Italy
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Joseph Stalin
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Siezed power by eliminating adversanej, establised brutal actovosky.
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War Bonds
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Helped to pay for the war, federal goverment sold it.
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Fascism
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total control
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Vernon Daker
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medal of honor
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Dwight Eisenhower
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commander invasion of Normandy, D-Day- Battle of the Bulge.
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