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Germany quickly took over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
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Battle of Britain. Great Britain defended itself against Hitler's aggression.
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Germany's Invasion of Soviet Union prompted USSR to join the Allied side.
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Tojo Hideki was Japan's Prime Minister during WWII, from 1941 to 1944.
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Commanded the U.S. Southwest Pacific Theatre in WWII
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii forced the U.S. to join the Allies against the Axis powers.
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The Manhattan Project developed the Atomic Bomb
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First battle in which the opposing fleets did not site one another. A U.S. fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force (Britannica, 2024, Battle of the Coral Sea). -
Key battle in WWII in the Pacific that lasted from 6/3/1942 to 6/6/1942. It broke the back of the Japanese fleet.
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General in WWII and future president of the U.S.
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Charles de Gaulle spearheaded the French Resistance during WWII
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The bloody battle of Normandy launched the Allies' liberation of northern France.
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Key battle in WWII, 12/16/1944 to 1/25/1945. It was the Nazi's last great offensive in the West.
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Harry Truman became president when Roosevelt died.
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The Germans surrendered, bringing the war in Europe to a close.
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First use of an atomic bomb in a war.
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The most recent use of an atomic bomb in a war.
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The Japanese surrendered to General MacArthur aboard the USS Missouri.
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The United Nations replaced the failed League of Nations. Established by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta.
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ENIAC was the first programmable general-purpose computer.
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Invention of the transistor.
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Israel declared itself a nation. The U.S. was the first country to recognize its status.
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Twelve Western nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1948 to oppose the Soviet Union (Shoppa, 2021, p. 75).
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Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China.
(Photo: Britannica, 2024, Photo of Mao Zedong)