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The document appears to be a reference sheet containing information about World War 2 organized into categories including important battles, famous people, important dates, key vocabulary terms, and trivia. It contains over 500 entries of 1-3 words each that could be used to review or test knowledge of people, places, events, and concepts from World War 2.

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More than 100,000 Japanese
Americans were forced to
relocate to these camps
Internment camps
Many Native Americans from
this tribe were used as code
talkers.
Navajo
Name 3 jobs women were used
for in the Military
Nursing, Secretary,
Stenographer, Mechanics, Pilots
This was the highest proportion
of any ethnic group to serve in
the war
Native American
1out of every 3
1988 saw Congress award 20
thousand dollars to Japanese
internees and overturn this court
case
Korematsu Vs. United States
This battle saw the RAF defeat
the Luftwaffe
Battle of Britain
This was a major turning point in
the war in Europe. The Russians
were able to force the Germans
back mainly because of Winter
Stalingrad
During this battle in the Pacific
the US sank 4 Japanese aircraft
carriers
Battle of Midway
Germany’s last major offensive.
It took place in Belgium.
Battle of the Bulge
Allied troops were forced to
retreat to this town in France
before 300,000 were saved by
merchant and fishing boats
Dunkirk
The 3 leaders of the Axis powers
Germany-Hitler
Italy-Mussolini
Japan-Tojo
The 3 leaders of the Allies
England-Churchill
US-Roosevelt
Russia-Stalin
He was FDR’s last Vice
President
Harry S. Truman
He was the General in charge of
the Allied invasion of France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the General in charge of
the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
August 6, 1945
Hiroshima
April 30, 1945
Hitler commits suicide
August 14, 1945
May 8,1945
V-J day
V-E day
The policy of giving in, in hope
of avoiding war
Appeasement
During this walk over 10,000 US
prisoners of war died because of
harsh treatment
Bataan Death March
The US strategy for defeating
Japan was called
Island Hopping
A ruler who has complete power
over a country
Dictator
This government agency was
responsible for shifting from
consumer to war goods
War Production Board
Japanese suicide pilots were
called
Kamikazees
When a single party controls
every aspect of the lives of the
people
Totalitarian State
This was an agreement between
Hitler and Stalin not to attack
each other
Nazi-Soviet Pact
This country suffered the most
deaths of the war
20,000,000
Soviet Union
This was the warning that if
Japan did not surrender it would
be destroyed
Potsdam Declaration

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