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Famous battle in Egypt; Germans were cut off from Middle Eastern oil
El Alamein
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Stalingrad
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Plan developed by American general to rebuild Japan and prevent Communism from spreading
MacArthur Plan
Marshall Plan
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
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Plan developed by American leader to rebuild Europe and prevent spread of Communism
Marshall Plan
Appeasement
McArthur Plan
Blitzkreig
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Hitler's plan for racial purity through extermination of Jews and other groups he didn't like
Appeasement
Rape of Nanjing
Final Solution (Holocaust)
Blitzkreig
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US president that ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Franklin D Roosevelt
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Famous Allied invasion of France on Normandy Beach
V-E Day
Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of Britain
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Policy of allowing an enemy to have something they want in order to avoid war
appeasement
Final Solution (Holocaust)
Blitzkreig
Marshall Plan
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Meeting of Allied leaders to discuss postwar policies
MacArthur Plan
Marshall Plan
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
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May 8, 1945- German forces surrender to Allies following Hitler's suicide
Battle of Britain
V-E Day
D-Day
V-J Day
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Failed German invasion of Soviet Union; turning point in Europe
V-E Day
Stalingrad
Appeasement
D-Day
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international organization formed to keep worldwide peace
League of Nations
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Blitzkreig
United Nations
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Surprise attack by Japanese forces on American Naval base; US enters World War II
Attack on Pearl Harobr
Blitzkreig
Battle of Britain
Battle of Midway
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American president during WWII; known for famous radio speeches
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
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1936- Italy's forces pushed further into Africa to take control of their natural resources
Invasion of Ethiopia
D-Day
V-E Day
Rape of Nanjing
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Japanese cities that were targets of atomic bombs
Stalingrad
El Alamein
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Fransisco Franco overthrew government and set up fascist regime
Spanish Civil War
Island Hopping
Appeasement
Final Solution (Holocaust)
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Brutal Japanese invasion of China; hundreds of thousands were raped, mutilated, and killed
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Rape of Nanjing
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Final Solution (Holocaust)
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Prime minister of Great Britain during WWII; known for inspirational speaking ability
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D Roosevelt
Hitler
Winston Churchill
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Hitler's annexation of territory Germany gave up after WWI; included Czechoslovakia
Annexation of Sudetenland
Blitzkreig
Appeasement
Stalingrad
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War tactic used by Nazi's; hit enemy hard and fast "lightning war"
Blitzkreig
United Nations
Marshall Plan
Appeasement
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naval strategy American forces used to fight Japanese in Pacific; conquer small bits at a time
Island Hopping
United Nations
Blitzkreig
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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Nonstop Nazi air raids on London during 1940, 1941
V-J Day
Stalingrad
El Alamein
Battle of Britain
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Meeting between Allied leaders to discuss how to defeat Japan & end of war in Europe
Marshall Plan
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
MacArthur Plan
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Japanese loss becomes turning point in Pacific
McArthur Plan
Battle of Midway
D-Day
V-J Day
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Official surrender of Japanese to end WWII on September 2, 1945
V-E Day
V-J Day
Stalingrad
D-Day
