WWII Review

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What is Island Hopping?

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Strategy to build airbases and defenses on multiple islands in Pacific closer to Japan.

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D-Day

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Code name for Allied invasion of Nazi controlled Europe in Normandy France. #LargestSeaborneInvasionInHistory

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Significance of American victories at Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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Provided US with strategic location to Japan

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Correct answer regarding a military leader's role during World War II.

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Stalin, FDR & Churchill, Allied Powers in WWII

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December 7, 1941

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surprise military strike by Japan against United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu

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1937 - over a six week time period when the Imperial Japanese Army attacked the Chinese city, murdering hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians

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Nanjing Massacre

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“Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end.

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Winston Churchill, 1940

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“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”

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Anne Frank, 1943

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What did the US decide after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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US declared war on Japan & Germany & entered WWII.