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What happened to HIROSHIMA?: first Japanese city to have the Atomic bomb dropped on them
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What happened to NAGASAKI?: second Japanese city to have the atomnic bomb dropped on them
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What is ISLAND HOPPING?: allied strategy to invade inslands not heavily guarded by the Japanese
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What was a KAMIKAZE?: Japanese suicide pilots
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What was BATTLE FOR OKINAWA?: battle for an island base closer to Japan, started in April
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What was the BATAAN DEATH MARCH?: Japanese forced a march over 60 miles killing thousands of Filipino and American prisoners
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What was the BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL?: 6 month battle of which was said "it's not a place , but an emotion"
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What was the BATTLE OF IWO JIMA?: battle for an island base closer to Japan, included planting a flag on Mt. Suribachi
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What was the BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF?: LARGEST naval battle in history
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What was the BATTLE OF MIDWAY?: TURNING POINT of the war in the Pacific
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What was the BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA?: first time in naval history that enemy ships fought a battle without seeing each other
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What was the ENOLA GAY?: the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb
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What was the MANHATTAN PROJECT?: top secret program to build the atomic bomb
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What was V-J DAY?: victory in Japan Day
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Who was DOUGLAS MACARTHUR?: top American general in the Pacific
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Who was J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER?: top American scientist on the MANHATTAN PROJECT
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Who was JAMES DOOLITTLE?: led daring air raids on Japanese cities
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Who was TOKYO ROSE?: a Japanese radio announcer who broadcast propaganda to American troops
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Who were the CODE TALKERS?: Navajo Indians who used their native language to transmit secret messages during the war for the USA
