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Battle of Stalingrad: A 1942-1943 battle of World War II, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.
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Battle of the Bulge: last German offensive against the invading allies, Germany lost
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Coral Sea: This battle was the first win for America in the Pacific
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D-Day: Allied opening of a second front, in Normandy, France
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Fascist Dictators: Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco
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FDR: President during WWII
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Harry Truman: President of the United States during WWII; Gave the order to drop the A-bombs
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Joseph Stalin: Soviet Union dictator
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Lebensraum: Hitler's plan to increase the living space for the German Nazis
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Midway Island: WWII pacific battle, decisive U.S. victory over powerful Japanese carrier force
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Mussolini: Fascist dictator of Italy
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Nuremberg Trials: The trails help after WWII that prosecuted Nazi war criminals
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Operation Barbarossa: codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Operation Overlord: Code name for D-Day
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Pearl Harbor: United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.
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The Final Solution: Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European jews during World War II.
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The Marshall Plan: Economic aid to help rebuild Europe.
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V-E Day: May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered
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Warsaw Pact: An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
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Yalta Conference: "The Big Three", when Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in February, 1945