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Douglas McArthur
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General Commander of Allied forces on the island
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Franklin Roosevelt
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President of the US during WWII
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Hidei Tojo
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Chief of staff of Japans Kwantung army
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Germany during WWII. Sort of started the war. A powerful dictator. Wanted Germany to have All Power. Defeated countries, regained a lot of land from WWI. Wanted to unite all Germans and one master race. Created the Holocaust. Killed many people.
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Erwin Rommel
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General who led AfrikaCorps. The legendary Desert Fox
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Joseph Stalin
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Took control of Russia after Lenin died. Focused on creating a communist state. Established a totalitarian government by 1939. Control over all citizens.
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Harry Truman
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Became president after Roosevelt died.
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Britain during WWII
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Dwight Eisenhower
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General for America. Launched Operation Torch invasion onto European soil.
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Benito Mussolini
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leader of Italy in WWII created Fascist Party, Follows "Black Shirts"
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Nazi party
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Group of followers of Adolph Hitler nazism. German brand of fascism.
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Fascism
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Stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals.
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Appeasement
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Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor.
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Nazi-Soviet Union non-Aggression Pact 1939
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Commitment never to attack each other.
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Holocaust
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The systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half of whom were Jews.
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy and Japan signed a mutual defense treaty the Tripartite Pact.
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Allied powers
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United States, Britain
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Lend lease
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Lend and lease of weapons
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Pearl Harbor
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U.S. Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan, surprise in the pacific. Entering US into war--declaring war on Japan
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D-day
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June 6, 1944 allied invasion code named Operation Overlord. Parachuted down behind German lines. Largest land-sea-air operation in History.
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Operation Overlord
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Attack/invasion of Allied Nation on German lines
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Battle of the Bulge
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Dec 16, 8 German tank divisions broke through weak American defense a long an 80 mile front. Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory creating a bulge in the lines giving its name. Captured 120 American GIs near Malmedy. Lasted a month. Germans pushed back. Not much seemed to change.
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Miday
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Island west of Hawaii. Battle of Midway Allies succeed in stopping the Japanese. A turning point in the Pacific war. Soon Allies began "Island Hopping"
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Coral Sea
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Place where US and Australia stopped the Japanese. Drive toward Australia. Five day battle in the Coral Sea
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Genocide
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The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. "Final solution" for Hitler in the Holocaust.
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