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328335834Third ReichGerman empire/government under Adolf Hitler
328335835Benito MussoliniDictator of Italy
328335836Erwin RommelGerman leader defeated at El Alamein
328335837September 1,1939German invades Poland
328335838ManchuriaNorthern province of China where Japan began its aggression
328335839BlitzkriegAttack with speed and surprise causing death and destruction
328335840AppeasementGiving in to keep the peace
328335841Battle of MidwayWorst naval defeat for Japan in W W II; turned them from offense to defense
328335842English ChannelBody of water separating England and France
328335843Paul TibbettsPilot of Enola Gay
328335844Final SolutionHitler's plan to destroy entire population of Jews in Europe
328335845D-DayLanding of Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France
328335846KamikazeSuicide mission
328335847HiroshimaJapanese city where 1st atomic bomb was dropped August 6, 1945
328335848Stalingrad & MoscowMajor German losses by the Russians
328335849Baby BoomSudden rise in birth rate after World War II
3286755475 Normandy beachesOmaha, Utah, Gold Juneau, Sword
328675548December 7, 1941Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
328675549Battle of GuadalcanalAfter this victory in the Pacific, the U.S. started island hopping
328675550Pearl HarborMain U.S. naval base in the Pacific
328675551Franklin RooseveltElected president of the United States 4 consecutive times
328675552Rosie the RiveterFictitious character representing working women during World War II
328675553August 14, 1945Japan surrenders
328675554Josef StalinDictator of Russia
328675555Harry TrumanFDR's Vice-president Made the decision to drop the atomic bomb
328675556Winston ChurchillGreat Britain's Prime Minister during World War II
328675557Dwight D.EisenhowerSupreme Commander of the Allied Forces
328675558June 6, 1944D- Day
328675559Nagasaki2nd atomic bomb dropped on this city August 9, 1945
328675560Hidecki TojoGeneral who approved plan to attack Pearl Harbor
328675561Adolf HitlerAuthorof "Mein Kampf"
328675562FuhrerGerman word for leader
328675563United States,China,GreatBritain, Russia, France5 main Allied powers
328675564Japan, Italy, Germany3 main Axis powers
328675565Homosexuals, handicapped, Poles, Soviets, gypsiesOthers considered "undesirable" by Hitler
328675566Rhineland, Austria, Sudentenland, CzechoslovakiaAreas taken by Germany without reaction from Great Britain or France
328675567September 3, 1939Great Britain and France declare war on Germany because they refused to withdraw their troops from Poland
328675568"Mein Kampf""My Struggle"
328675569RationingPutting a limit on anything
328675570Manhattan ProjectTop secret work on the atomic bomb
328675571Climb Mount NitakaCode for attack Pearl Harbor
328675572Enola GayName of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
328675573GestapoHitler's Secret Polic
328675574New OrderHitler's plans for Germany
328675575Island hoppingU.S.military strategy which captured certain islands to use for military bases moving closer to Japan in case an invasion was needed to end the war

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