World War 2

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    Starting point of WW2

    Began with Germany invading Poland, France and the UK declared war
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    Auschwitz

    The largest German concentration camp
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    The Final Solution

    Nazi Germany's plan for Jewish genocide
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    Pearl Harbor

    Japans' unprovoked attack against a U.S. island caused the U.S. to become involved in WW2
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    Philippines

    10 hours after the attack on pearl harbor, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Philippines
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    Internment camps

    Overcrowded camps held Japanese Americans during WW2
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    Doolittle's raid

    The first air raid of WW2 performed on Japan by the U.S.
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    Coral Sea

    The first air-sea battle ever fought using aircraft. Japanese plans to take control of the coral sea were intercepted by Allied forces.
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    Midway

    First victory against the U.S. showed the significance of aircraft carriers.
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    Guadalcanal

    The first battle against Japan that the U.S. was offensive.
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    Manhattan Project

    Code name for the secret research and development of the atomic bombs that unofficially lasted 6 years.
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    Operation Fortitude

    Deceptive military strategy used by the Allied powers to convince Hitler the invasion would take place in a different location by controlling information that got leaked through radios
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    Operation Overlord

    A code name for a successful invasion of German- occupied Europe.
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    Battle of the bulge

    Last major German defense campaign on the western front
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    Iwo Jima

    The capture of Iwo Jima was significant because it was part of the U.S.s' plan to end WW2
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    Island Hopping

    A military strategy used by the U.S. to only invade strategically important Japanese islands
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    Okinowa

    The final battle
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    Little Boy

    The first atomic bomb that Truman dropped on Hiroshima
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    Dropping Atomic Bombs

    Truman gave the order to drop the atomic bombs after Japan refuses to surrender
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    Fat Man

    The second atomic bomb that the Truman ordered to be dropped at Nagasaki