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Winston churchill
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FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States. -
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Benito Mussolini
Italian politician who was the leader of the national fascist party and led Italy as prime minister -
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Harry s Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945 -
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Adolf Hitler
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Vernon Baker
Vernon Joseph Baker was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Hono -
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Audie murphy
Audie Leon Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. -
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Rape of nanking
Japanese solidures pillaged the chinese city of Nanking for a year -
Lend lease act
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Pearl Harbor
Japan did a suprise attack on pearl harbor -
US delares neutrality
the us declared neutral on this date -
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Japanese-american internment camps
Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II because they were of japanese ancestry. -
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warbonds
Warbonds were used to reduce inflation -
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Office of war information
consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. -
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womens role in ww2
Women were able to get jobs in factories and help with the war -
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Victory gardens
The government and businesses urged people to grow their own food -
firebombing of dresend
Allied forces planes firebombed the german city of dresend. This was the most destructive bombing of the war -
Dictator, fascism, nazism
dictator: a ruler with total power
Fascism: an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization
Nazism:Nazis were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party of Germany, which in 1933, under Adolf Hitler
