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North African Campaign
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Military Drafts
Who: The US
What: The 1st peacetime draft in US history
When: 1940 - 1973
Where: The US
Why: In preparation for WWII -
Pearl Harbor
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Battle of the Coral Sea
Who: The US vs Japan
What: The first air-sea battle in history
When: 3/4/1942 - 4/8/1942
Where: At the Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Why: The US fought to stop Japan from capturing New Guinea and isolating Australia from Allied help because they thought that would be bad -
White Rose (Nazis)
Who: A resistance group against Nazis lead by Hans Scholl
What: A resistance group against Nazis
When: June 27, 1942 - February 22, 1943
Where: Germany
Why: Because Hans Scholl thought Nazis are bad -
Korematsu vs. US
Who: Korematsu and the US government
What: a landmark case
When: Nineteen-fourty-four
Where: The US
Why: Because Korematsu thought being sent to an internment camp was bad -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major offensive from Germany on the western front in WWII. It lasted from Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945. -
D-Day/Normandy Landings
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Kamikazes
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Cold War
This was caused because of the shaky tensions between the US and Soviet Union. This ended in 1991. -
Berlin Airlift
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization made by several North American and European countries to guarantee freedom and security to its members. -
Warsaw Pact
Who: Poland and some other Soviet States
What:A peace treaty between Poland and other Soviet States
When: Dissolved 7/1/1991
Where: Headquarters in Moscow, Russia
Why: To form a socialist pact that rivaled NATO
