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A top secret project to build the atomic bomb.
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The court proceeding held in Nuremberg, Germany, after WWII, in which Nazi Leaders were tried for war crimes.
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A political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator.
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A general in WWII, that later became president of the United States.
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A victory for the United States over the Japanese in a 1942 naval battle that was a turning point of World War II.
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The first city in Japan that was hit by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945
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The hiring of Mexicans to preform much needed labor during WWII.
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A month long battle of World War II in which the Allies turned back the last major German offensive of the war.
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In 1945, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed plans for the end of World War II and the future of Europe.
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June 6, 1944, the day the Allies invaded France during World War II.
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A World War II strategy in which the Allies invaded islands that the Japanese weakly defended in order to stage further attacks.
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Means Victory in Europe Day. The day the war ended in Europe.
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An international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development.
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Approved in 1948, the United States gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe after WWII.
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The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep peace.
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A naval base in Hawaii that was hit in a surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941.
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A new method of warfare that was made by Germany.
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The dictator of Germany during WWII.
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Passed in 1941, this bill provided educational and economic help to the veterans.
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An agency established during World War II to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S industries.
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The dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII. Believed in communism.
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A 1941 law that allowed the United States to ship arms and supplies, without immediate payment,to nations fighting the Axis powers.
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To distribute a fixed amount of a certain item.
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A party headed by Adolf Hitler.
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Germany, Italy, and their allies during WWII.
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The systematic killing by Germany during World War II of about 6 million Jews as well as 5 million of Poles, Russians, and Gypsies.
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