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| a punishment served to a country after war where they must give over certain assets |
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| a group of countries that opposed the allied powers in World War II. |
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| nations allied in opposition to the axis powers |
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| people that are captured during war and are forced to do labour |
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| a treaty signed by Germany after their defeat in the end of World War I in 1918 |
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| a source of evidence that is directly from the event |
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| evidence that is generated from a person's point of view of the matter |
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| when the point of view of an individual is already strongly influenced, impacting on the final decision |
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| When was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? |
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| Who were the major Axis Powers? |
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| Who were the major Allied Powers |
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| UK, France, USA, China, Soviet Union |
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| Timeline of Key events for the Pacific War |
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September 18, 1931 - Japan invades Manchuria
December 7, 1941 - Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941 - United States declares war on Japan (entered World War II)
15 February, 1942 - Fall of Singapore
19 February, 1942 - Japan bombed Darwin
4 May, 1942 - Battle of the Coral Sea
31 May, 1942 - Japan launched midget submarines on Sydney Harbor
4-7 June, 1942 - Battle of Midway
Battle of Kokoda (5 months)
15&17 August, 1942 - Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombed
15 May, 1943 - Australian hospital ship Centaur was sunk by Japanese submarine |
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| Where else on the Australian mainland did the Japanese raid? |
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| Townsville, Broome, Katherine, Wyndham, Derby, Port Headland, Millingimbi, Exmouth Gulf, Horn Island |
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| When were the Japanese midget subs found off of Sydney Harbour? |
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| When was the Centaur sunk? |
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| 14 May 1943 by a Japanese submarine |
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| What happened at Pearl Harbor? |
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| Pearl Harbor bombed on 7 December 1941 |
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| Who was the Japanese commander? |
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| When and where was the Japanese surrender signed? |
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| 15 August, 1945 aboard USS Missouri |
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| How long did the campaign on the Kokoda Track take? |
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| In terms of WW2, what was the Burma Railway? |
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| Purpose was to join Japanese forces in the Pacific and Burma campaigns by rail |
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