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72166533ChamberlainBritish Prime Minister responsible for appeasement policy0
72166534Rome-Tokyo-Berlin AxisAxis powers agreement; wanted to revise map1
72166535Cordonne SanitaireFrench, SU and Czechoslovakia2
72166536Anschlessannexation of Austria3
72166537Munich ConferenceSell out betrayal of Czechslovakia4
72166538Blitzkreigair warfare bombing5
72166539April Phony WarHitler invades Norway then backs off6
72166540DunkirkAllies facing water; needed boats; miracle7
72166541BarbarrosaOperation to attack Russia in 1941 because Hitler knows its gonna be a long war.8
72166542HirohitoEmperor of Japan9
72166543YamamotoNaval Commander of Japan10
72166544Doolittleplanned the first bombing of Japan11
72166545Midway and Stalingradtwo turning points of the war12
72166546MidwayBattle in which Americans cracked the Japanese code in 1942; sunk three aircraft carriers13
72166547Coral Seavictory here allowed Allies to keep Austria14
72166548MontgomeryBritish 8th Army in North Africa15
72166549El AlamineBattle in North Africa in which one couldn't get enough oil to fuel the tanks16
72166550ZhukovMarshall of Soviet Union17
72166551Dresdenfire bomb attacks in a circle as a payback for London bombings18
72166552OverlordOperation D-Day Nickname19
72166553BulgeBattle which was Hitler's last defensive; could not push through Antwarp coast20
72166554LeyteBattle of last Japanese aircraft carrier; largest naval battle in WW221
72166555Curtis LeMaydeveloped idea of Island Hopping22
72166556Okinawacrucial island for island hopping23
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