Wwii

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D-Day

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june 6,1944-156,000 allied troops under command of General Dwight Eisenhower invaded Normandy by landing at 5 beaches on the Northwest coast of France

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merchant marines

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they brought all war supplies to them

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battle of midway

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turning point of the war in Pacific were Japan tried to defeat U.S. Navy but couldn't since U.S. deciphered their codes. Chester Nimitz commanded U.S. forces

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battle of the bulge

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allies advanced quickly but caught by surprise when Germans counter attacked-December 1944

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General George S. Patton

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commander of the forces that invaded North Africa and Sicily came from military family, commanded the Americal Third Army

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General George Marshall

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acted as chief of Staff and the "organizer of victory" , worked closely with Roosevelt to prepare military bases before Pearl Harbor, helped to oversee the creation of the first atomic bomb

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Flying Tigers

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American people who taught Chinese how to fly

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General Douglas MacArthur

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commanded U.S. army in Pacific and campaigned to take Guadalcanal

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code talkers

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group of Americans played a key role in Pacific who had an undecipherable code that American military used so that Japan couldn't understand Navajo language- unwritten, extremely complex

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years for WWII for world and us

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world 1939-1945
us 1941-1945

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America enters war because

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Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

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Recall what was happening in Europe before we entered the war

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Hitler was trying to take over Europe

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Benito Mussolini

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developed a new type of political war; Fascism

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Joseph Stalin

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seized power by eliminating his adversaries established a brutal totalitarian dictatorship

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Winston Churchill

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British prime minister; announced that their countries sought no territorial gains, freedom of the seas, and an end to war

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Franklin Roosevelt

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President during Depression and WWII; died in 1945 didn't see the end but helped lead U.S. to victory over Japan

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Victory Gardens

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vegetable gardens helped to make sure that an adequate food supply was available for both troops and civilians helped rural and urban people grow their own food for their families

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rationing

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regulated the amound of goods that a consumer could obtain introduced to avoid public anger over shortages and share in the sacrifices of war

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war bonds

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to raise enormous amounts of money needed to pay for the war citizens were encouraged to buy them

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Fascism

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Italy and Spain radical Nationalism authoritarian political violence dictation

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lend-lease act

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proposed by Roosevelt to sell lease or lend war materials to countries who helped defend the U.S.