World War II Leaders and Battles

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This was a turning point in the Pacific when the U.S. Navy sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle ending Japan's Naval Supremacy.

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Midway

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Which describes the D-Day (Operation Overlord) offensive?

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June 6, 1944: Allied forces invade beaches of Normandy, France to open a second front

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Which describes the Bataan Death March?

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April 9, 1942: Japan tortured and forced marched American Prisoners of War (POWs)

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Which describes Island Hopping?

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1942-1945: US strategy of taking one island at a time to build bases to put Japan in bombing range

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Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower and what were his accomplishment(s) in World War II?

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Supreme Allied Commander of Allied forces in Europe who led the D-Day invasion

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Who was Chester Nimitz and what were his accomplishment(s) in World War II?

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Commander of the US Pacific Fleet and Naval forces; oversaw the Battle of Midway

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Who was Douglas Macarthur and what were his accomplishment(s) in World War II?

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Commander of the US Army in the Pacific Theater

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What was the name of the research and development program for the bomb?

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The Manhattan Project

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After a lot of debate, why did the US eventually decide to drop the atomic bomb?

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in an effort to save American lives

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What event led to the end of the Second World War? Options: The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The invasion of Normandy, The Battle of Stalingrad, The fall of France to Nazi forces

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The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki