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created to develop the first nuclear weapon.
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a Nazi plan for the Genocide or extermination of the Jews during World War II
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she became perhaps the most iconic image of working women.
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the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II.
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An attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II.
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The first air sea battle in history
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A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. Island hopping went on for many years, 1942-1945
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An air-raid by the United States on Tokyo
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World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots
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codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943
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includes the construction of underground facilities in order to attack or defend, and the use of existing natural caves and artificial underground facilities for military purposes
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codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II
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when full employment collided with rationing, and war bonds were seen as a way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation
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Code name for a World War II military deception, employed by allied nations.
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the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces.
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a decisive naval battle of World War II which effectively eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier actions
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Began in 1941 when the Americans decided to enter World War II. America sided with Britain, France, and Soviets against Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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most notorious and lethal of the concentration camps, was actually three camps in one: a prison camp
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American forces invaded the island and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. Included some of the bloodiest of WW2
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April 1, 1945- June 21,1945. fought between the US and Japan
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The Germans surrendered in Italy after Hitler's death
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The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people.
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it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb
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a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Royal Artillery in the British Army, who served in France at the beginning of the Second World War