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Meanwhile, in the USA...
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U.S __________ Americans wanted to _________out of __________wars. FDR wanted to help Britain anyway
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Lend Lease Act FDR sent _______ _________to foreign countries.
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KEY EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES…
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Japan attacks ______ ______. America enters ______. _________7, ______
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_________ GAINS ___________ fell to only 1.2% by 1944 and wages rose 35% ______ too benefited as production doubled and income tripled
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Internment camp __________ _______ _______
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Allied Powers _______, _______ _______________ _________. The Allies were the _______, _______ ________, and the _______ _________.These are called the “big three.”
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_______AIRMEN pilots of the ____ -_____ 99 th squadron – the ________ AirmenAmong the brave men who fought in Italy were pilots of the ____ -_____ 99 th squadron – the ________ Airmen The pilots made numerous effective strikes against Germany and _____ _____ distinguished Unit Citations
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_________ in workforce…
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______ the _______
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WOMEN JOIN THE FIGHT Under ______ _______ ________ Corps (WAAC) program women worked in ____-_______ roles such as _______, ambulance drivers, _______operators, and _____.
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______ for the _____
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_______ ______ DEVELOPED Japan had a ______army that would _______ _____ ______ of the Japanese mainland scientists working on the _______ ______ – the Atomic BombSo Truman decided to use a powerful new weapon developed by scientists working on the _______ ______ – the Atomic Bomb
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The _______ ________: _____ ______, NM Dr. Robert __________ I am become death, the shatterer of worlds! Major General Lesley R. Groves
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Enola Gay & Crew __________________________
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_____ _____; ______ PRESIDENT President _________ did not live to see V-E Day On April 12, _____, he suffered a stroke and died– his ______ _______ __ ______ became the nation’s ______ president
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KEY EVENTS AND BATTLES IN EUROPE…
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THE _________SOLUTION The Final Solution – a policy of ________ that involved the _________and ________killing of an ________population. Rested on the belief that ________ were superior people and that the purity of the “_______ _____” must be preserved
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wanted to wipe out _________– a major ________ center_______ wanted to wipe out _________– a major ________ center Germans took the offensive in the southern Soviet UnionIn the summer of 1942, the Germans took the offensive in the southern Soviet Union the winter of _____By the winter of _____, the Allies began to see victories on land as well as sea ______ _____ ______ ______ was the Battle of ________The ______ _____ ______ ______ was the Battle of ________ Battle of Stalingrad was a huge Allied victory BATTLE OF STALINGRAD, RUSSIA
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Invasion of Normandy, France: _______ _________ (__-____)
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____-____ ______ ___, 1944 ___-___was the _______ _____, _____, & ____ operation in military history___-___was the _______ _____, _____, & ____ operation in military history D-Day was an ________________landing – soldiers going from sea to land
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_______Commits _______ April 30, ______ The F ü hrer’s Bunker Cyanide & Pistols Mr. & Mrs. Hitler
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Germany _______________April ‘____
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____ - ____ Day (____8, _______)
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KEY EVENTS AND BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC…
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Allied Counter-Offensive: “_____- _________”
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Battle of _______Island _____ ____ point U.S kept control of the Pacific. It ended _______naval ________in the ________.
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Battle of _____ _____ Island hopping became fact of the war with Japan. Died: _______ US ________Japanese. This flag raising was a ________ _______ _______to soldiers on the island.
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THE BATTLE FOR ______ In April _____, U.S. marines invaded Okinawa The Japanese unleashed 1,900 ________ attacks sinking 30 ships and killing 5,000 seamen Okinawa cost the Americans _______ marines and the Japanese ________ soldiers
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425 _____ _______that were a part of the US _________. Used their ______ language to send _______ during the ______ War. Japanese could _____crack their ________ language. _______ US _____the Pacific War.
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_______– ______ ____, 1945 ©70,000 killed immediately. ©48,000 buildings. destroyed. ©100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.
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________– ______ ___, 1945 ©40,000 killed immediately. ©60,000 injured. ©100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.
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Why drop the Atomic Bomb? The _______ had shown they would fight to the ____ _____, _____ and child. The atomic bomb _______ as many as 1 _______ U.S. lives, and possibly many _______. ________ ________ said he dropped the bomb to _____ the war.
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______ surrenders ____-_____ _______ ______, 1945
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