End of WW2

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Code name for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944.

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Operation Overlord

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Day of the invasion of Western Europe by Allied forces-June 6, 1944 (Allied forces landed at Normandy, France; freed Paris; slowly advanced to Germany)

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D-Day

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What was the forced relocation and imprisonment of people of Japanese ancestry living in the U.S., where sixty-two percent of the internees were U.S. citizens?

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Japanese-American Internment

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Allied strategy of capturing Japanese-held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean

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Island-hopping

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Code name for the secret US project set up in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb.

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Manhattan Project

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In February of 1945, 30,000 U. S. Marines land in one day on the tiny island of _________ putting them in bombing range of Japan.

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Iwo Jima

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American bombing raids have heavily damaged the home island of Japan, but Japan is ___________ to surrender and prepares to _____________________.

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unwilling, fight to the very end

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What does VE Day stand for?

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Victory in Europe

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What was the purpose of the Lend Lease Act?

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To let countries borrow or lease weapons to fight the Axis powers

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What was the purpose for victory gardens?

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To have enough food for soldiers overseas