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| The United States used ____________ as a secret code to communicate invasion plans in the European Theater of Operations. |
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| When Hitler was in prison he wrote the book, Mein Kampf, which discusses what? |
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| His plans and the bible for Nazism. |
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| At what conference did France and Britain try to get Hitler to stop his movements toward war by trying the policy of appeasement? |
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| Who was in charge of the Soviet Union at this time of WW ll? |
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| Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party |
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| Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust? |
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| What happened on the Bataan Death March? |
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| Surrendering US soldiers were forced by the Japanese to march to a POW camp. |
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| After FDR's death Harry Truman becomes president and makes what monumental decision? |
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| To drop the atomic bomb on Japan. |
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| U. S. practice of conquering one island and then using it as a base to conquer another to get geographically closer to Japan? |
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| How were the majority of Jews in the holocaust killed? |
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| Code talkers of WW ll in the ETO called bombers? |
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| When the Jews were divided into those meant to be gassed and those selected for forced labor. |
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| Which concentration camp served as both labor and execution camp and was the largest killing center? |
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| What were the names of the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? |
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| U. S. practice of conquering one island and then using it as a base to conquer another to get geographically closer to Japan? |
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| Code Talkers that were utilized in the PTO and whose code was never broken was the ________? |
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| What area of Germany did Hitler remilitarize in defiance of the Versailles Treaty? |
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| The last major German offensive on the Western Front was the Battle of ____________ |
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| Hitler's private army that was trained to obey without question. |
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| Why during the winter of 1939/1940 was WW ll known as the phony war? |
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| Little action occurred, enemies stayed behind their own lines. |
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| What was the typical means of deportation for the Jews? |
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| Hitler believed what race of people was superior to all others, which ultimately led to the genocide of the Jews? |
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| This island was considered by Japanese to be the "island of death" |
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| What was the turning point battle in the Pacific? |
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| Royal Air Force of Britain |
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| What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor? |
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| Although the average chronological age of the nation's soldiers was 28, the Army claimed the average mental development was 14? Why so poor? |
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-1 in 5 adults was illiterate
-Only 1 in 4 Americans had finished High School
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| How did America try to conserve civilian use of rubber so more was available for the military? |
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-Stopped the sale of new car tires to civilians
-Rationed gasoline so people drove less
-Reduced the speed limit to 35 mph |
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| The United States used the atomic bomb on Japan primarily to |
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| End the war as quickly as possible |
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| Name the ship hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor that is now the home of the Pearl Harbor Memorial |
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| Jews were forced into designated cities designed to house "jail" Jews known as |
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| At the Battle of Leyte Gulf... |
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| General MacArthur keeps his promise and returns victoriously to the Philippines. |
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| What happened to Hitler at the end of the war? |
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| Why were Japanese Americans placed in relocation camps? |
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| Due to the fear that they would aid the enemy Japan |
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| The cross channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General |
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| Why was nylon scarce during WW ll on the home front? |
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| Nylon was needed to make parachutes and netting. |
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| What was the symbol for the Nazi party? |
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