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Benito Mussolini
Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the Facist party. Ruling the country from 1922 to 1943 -
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Hideki Tojo
A General of imperial Japanese Army, 40th prime minister od Japan during most of World War II -
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George S. Patton
A united states army general, who commanded the seventhUnited States Army -
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Adolf Hitler
Austrian born Politician who was leader of the Nazi Party -
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Omar Bradley
A United States Army Field Commander in North Africa and Europe during world war 2 -
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Vernon Baker
A United States Army officer who was given the medal of honor for his actions during WWII -
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Holocaust
The mass murder of Jews and others under the German Nazi Regime. -
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Flying tigers
(don't have specific date) The avg who fought against Japanese in China -
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Bataan death march
75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an 65 mile march to prison camps -
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Office of war information
agency created to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. -
Battle of Midway
A crucial and decisive naval battle in the pacific theatre of World War II -
Manhattan Project
research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II -
D-Day Invasion
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Korematsu v United States
Supreme court case concerning the consitituitionality of the Executive order 9066 which ordered Japanese Americans into Internment camps during World War II regardless of Citizenship -
Harry Truman
33rd president of the United States succeded President Roosevelt -
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Postdam Conference
A negotiation of terms to end World War II -
Atomic bomb of WW2
On this date an American B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb that destroyed 90% of Hiroshima. -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb -
Nagasaki
Another bombing and show of allied strength -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president of the United States, He was a Five star general in the United States Army during World War II -
Navajo code Talkers
(No specific date) A group of Native Americans who served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Mission was to recieve and send secret coded messages.
