Wwii Notes (American History)

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Supreme allied commander of the European theater of operation;

Commander of the Allied military assualt against Hitler in North Africa & France.

Hint 1

Commander of the Allied military against Hitler

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Douglas MacArthur

Back 2

Commanded Allied forces in the Pacific;

Commander of the U.S. ARMY in the Pacific during WWII, who fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines.

Hint 2

Allied forces in the Pacific;

Commander of the U.S. ARMY in the Pacific;

Philippines

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A. Philip Randolph

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Union official who protested discrimination against black workers

Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters whose threated march on Washington opened job opportunities for blacks during World War II.

Hint 3

black workers;

Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

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Harry S. Truman

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Became President after the death of Franklin Roosevelt;

Inconspicuous former senator from Missouri who was suddenly catapulted to national and world leadership on April 12, 1945.

Hint 4

From Missouri; April 12,1945.

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Thomas E. Dewey

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Republican candidate for President in 1944;

Republican presidential nominee in 1944 who found little support for his effor to deny FDR a fourth term.

Hint 5

Republican presidential nominee in 1944

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Cordell Hull

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FDR's secretary of state, who promoted reciprocal trade agreements, especially with Latin America.

Hint 6

FDR's secretary of state.

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Adolf Hitler

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Fanatical Fascist leader of Germany whose aggressions forced the United States to abandon its neutrality.

Hint 7

leader of Germany

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Benito Mussolini

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The lesser partner of the Rome-Berlin Axis, who invaded Ethiopia & joined Hitler's war against France and Britain.

Hint 8

invaded Ethiopia & joined Hitler's war against France

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Senator Gerald Nye

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Instigator of 1934 Senate hearings that castigated WWI munitions manufacturers as "merchants of death."

Hint 9

Instigator of 1934 Senate hearings

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Francisco Franco

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Facist rebel against the Spanish Loyalist government

Hint 10

Facist rebel

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Rhineland

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Demilitarized territory under the Versailles Treaty, occupied by Hitler in 1935 in his 1st blatant act of aggression.

Hint 11

territory under the Versailles Treaty.

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Czechoslovakia

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Small East European democracy betrayed into Hitler's hands at Munich.

Hint 12

Small East European democracy

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Poland

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East European nation whose September 1939 invasion by Hitler set off World War II in Europe.

Hint 13

East European nation; September 1939 invasion.

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France

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Nation whose sudden fall to Hitler in 1940 pushed the United States closer to direct aid to Britain.

Hint 14

Fell to Hitler in 1940; pushed the US closer to direct aid to Britain.

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Charles A. Lindbergh

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Leader of the "America First" organization & chief spokesman for U.S. isolationism.

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Leader of the "America First."

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Wendell Willkie

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Dynamic but politically inexperienced Republican presidential nominee who attacked FDR on domestic issues but avoided criticizing his foreign policy.

Hint 16

Republican presidential who attacked FDR on domestic issues.

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Winston Churchill

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Courageous British prime minister who led Britain's lonely resistance to Hitler;

Allied leader who met with FDR to plan strategy at Casablanca & Teheran.

Hint 17

Courageous British prime minister;

Allied leader; plan strategy at Casablanca & Teheran.

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Joseph Stalin

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Russian dictator who 1st helped Hitler destroy Poland, then became a victim of Nazi aggression in 1941;

The Allied leader who constantly pressured the United States & Britain to open a "second front" against Hitler.

Hint 18

Russian dictator;

Allied leader who constantly pressured the US & Britain to open a "second front"

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Iceland

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North Atlantic island near whose waters U.S. destroyers came under Nazi submarine attack

Hint 19

North Atlantic island;
came under Nazi submarine attack.

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Hawaii

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Site of a naval base where Japan launched a devastating surprise attack, plunging the United States into World War II

Hint 20

Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on this site (naval base).

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Henry J. Kaiser

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Leading American industrialist & shipbuilder during WWII.

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American industrialist & shipbuilder

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John L. Lewis

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Tough head of the United Mine Workers, whose work stoppages precipitated antistrike laws

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Head of the United Mine Workers.

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Deitroit

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Site of a serious racial disturbance during WWII

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Site of a serious racial disturbance.

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Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)

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U.S. ally who resisted Japanese advances in China during WWII.

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U.S. ally who resisted Japan advances.

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Chester Nimitz

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Commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Pacific & brilliant strategist of the "island-hopping" campaign.

Hint 25

Commander of the U.S. NAVAL forces in the Pacific;
"island hopping"

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Henry Wallace

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FDR's liberal vice-president during most of World War II, who was dumped from the ticket in 1944.

Hint 26

FDR's liberal vice-president; dumped from the ticket in 1944.

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Tokyo

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Site of massive U.S. conventional bombing raid in March 1945 that killed an estimated 83,000 people.

Hint 27

Site of massive U.S. conventional bombing raid (March 1945).

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Hiroshima

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City where a single U.S. bomb caused 180,000 casualties & forced Japan's surrender.

Hint 28

Site of a dropped U.S. bomb

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Operation Torch

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Name of the Allied invasion of North Africa.

Hint 29

North Africa.

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Executive Order 8802

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Banned racial discrimination in government agencies.

Hint 30

banned racial discrimination.

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Operation Overlord

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Name of the Allied cross-channel invasion of France.

Hint 31

France

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Yalta Conference

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Provided for the Allied occupation of Germany.

Hint 32

allied occupation of Germany

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Manhattan Project

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Resulted in the explosion of an atomic device

Hint 33

explosion of an atomic device