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WORLD WAR II
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Benito Mussolini
Ruled italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was murdered by the people, his corpse paraded around the city. -
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Adolf Hitler
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Merchant Marines
The Merchant Marines were merchant ships outfitted for war in the Atlantic. -
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The Holocaust
The persecution and genocide of nearly 12 million people including 6 million jews. -
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Flying Tigers
A volunteer group of chinese Aviators during WWII. They were named for their ferocity. -
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General Patton
George Patton served in the United States military during world war II. He lead the North Africa campaign and the Siciliy campaign, and his army took part in the Normandy invasion. "May god have mercy on my enemies, because I won't." -
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Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo was prime minister and general of Japan during most of World War II. As prime minister, he was directly responsible for the Pearl Harbor Attacks. He was later hung for war crimes. -
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Manhattan Project
Secret project organized by the US to help develop the Atomic Bomb. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after pearl harbor, the united states army under Chester Nimitz destroyed the Japanese Imperial Fleat in the Pacific. It was a decisive victory for the US. -
Office of War Information
The OWI was a government agency created during wwii to deliver propaganda to the world. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned general of the United States army. FDR designated him Supreme Allied Comander in Europe, later years of the war, and he was involved in Operation Overlord, a western invasion of Germany. -
EO 9066 and Korematsu v. United States
Supreme court case that determined that the Executive Order 9066, which was issued by FDR in 1942 issuing the relocation of asian people, was constitutional. It ruled that it was. -
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Omar Bradley
Bradley was a United States Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army. -
Normandy Invasion
A stupendously large surprise attack of allied forces on Nazi Occupied France in late World War II. There was a horrendous majority of Allied casualties on the frontlines, but the invasion turned out to be a decisive victory for the Allies. -
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Harry Truman
After FDR died during WWII, the war concluded in an Allied victory under Harry Truman. -
Navajo Code Talkers
Philip Johnston, a civil engineer for the city of Los Angeles, proposed the use of Navajo to the United States Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. The Navajo language was a recently dead language unknown to the Japanese. -
Vernon Baker.
For his actions at Viereggio, Vernon Baker, an African American, was awarded the Metal of Honor. He was the only living African American vet of WWII to recieve the honor. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese army forcibly moved 60-80,000 civilians and POWs in the Philippines. They were forced to walk 60 miles, all the while being beaten and brutally killed by Japanese soldiers. -
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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference occurred after the war, where the leaders of the US, Great Britain, and Russia came together in order to decide how to punish Germany. -
Hiroshima Bomb
the first Nuclear weapon to be used in combat. An estimated 20,000 people were killed instantly. -
Nagasaki
We gave Japan 3 days to surrender, and then dropped another one. The Nagasaki bombing effectively ended the war for the United States. -
Nuremberg Trials
The greatest war criminals of the Axis forces were persecuted by the Allies after WWII in the city of Nuremberg, Germany.
