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fleet of civilian-owned merchant vessels that utilized the Liberty cargo ships
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technology used by the Merchant Marines to contribute to the victory in World War 2
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former pilots of the U.S. armed services who volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air Force to defend against Japanese aggression.
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turning point for Allies in the Pacific in World War 2 due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers
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group that used the practice of encryption to convert communication into an unknown language so that it is unable to be decoded by the enemy
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systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution & murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime
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Allied invasion of Northern France to repel the occupation of the German Army...landing at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches
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site of the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944
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meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four separate zones
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technology that gave President Truman the confidence to demand an unconditional surrender of all armed forces or suffer utter destruction.
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dividing military forces in order to fight on land in Europe and sea/land in the Pacific
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brash American General and brilliant tank commander that led the 3rd Army of the United States in the final assault on Germany
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Army Chief of staff that coordinated the war effort from Washington D.C.
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fleet of civilian-owned merchant vessels that utilized the Liberty cargo ships
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commander of the Allied forces in Europe who led the D-Day invasion and later was elected President of the United States