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"desert fox": Rommell (german general)
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405,400 people: how many Americans died in WWII
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A.Phillip Randolph: civil rights leader, threatens negro march on Washington
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Anthony McCall (American general): "NUTS"
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battle of the bulge: winter German counterattack
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blitzkreig: lightning war
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Chamberlin: English prime minister, appeasted Hitler @ munich
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Charles Drew: invented blood banks
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Czechoslovokia: home od sedatan land (Hitler demanded it)
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day of infamy FDR: "yesterday, December 7,1941"
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ddayJune 6, 1944: Dday
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Doolittle: 1st American hero, bombing raid in Tokoyo
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draft: selective service
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Dunkirk: English army rescued (civillians helped) against English channel
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Eisenhower: supreme Allied commander in England, Dday
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Eisenhower: "eyes of world upon you, our hopes & prayers of liberty loving people march with you on this great crusade"
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fatman & little boy: nicknames of Abombs
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FDR's 4 freedoms: speech, religion, want & from fear
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France, GB, China, USA & Soviet Union: awarded seats to the UN
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George Marshall: army chief of staff, stayed in DC
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George Patton: general always in trouble
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great britain & usa: signed atlantic charter
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Hitler: leader of nazis
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humvs (hummers): "yesterday's jeeps, today they're ______"
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income tax: deducted from American paychecks, 1942
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Iwogema: battle, Mt. Serebache American flag
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Japan: population boom, no resources, agressive country
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Japanese Americans: 9066, people placed in internment camps
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Koramatzu vs. United States: supreme court case, justified Japanese internment
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lend lease: depression ends when America becomes democracy and gives...
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LLSS: loose lips sink ship
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MacArthur: famous for Island Hopping
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MacArthur: "I shall return" when leaving Phillipines
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Mao-Tse-Tung & Chang Tse-Tung: chinese leaders, enemy before war & civil war after
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meeting at Yalta: founded UN, divided Germany & divided Berlin
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Mexico: seized American oil in 1938, no military action
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Midway: naval battle, turning point in Pacific war
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Musollini: Italian dictator
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nonagression act, 1930: Germany & ...
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Nuremberg & Tokoyo: warcrime trials in...
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Okinawa: last land Pacific battle before abomb
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Potsdam declaration (outside of Berlin): ultimatium speech city
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rationed: butter, sugar, gasoline, tires...
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Rosie the Riveter: poster for womens role in the workforce
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September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland (WWII starts)
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Soviet Union: country lost more people than everyone else
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Soviet Union: recognized in 1933 by USA after broken ties
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Tojo: wartime leader, prime minister of Japan
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victory over Axis Powers & over racism: African Americans fought for double V
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WAVES: women in navy
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WAX: women army core
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WAX & WAVES: 2 biggest women's branches
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Wendyl Wilkee: FDR's pres. opponent in 1940 (from indiana)
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wind talkers: pacific Navaho warriors nickname
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Winston Churchill: "i have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat, and tears"
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zootsuit riots: racial conflict, California youth riot