The US Enters
D-Day
Victory in Europe
Defeating Japan
The Bombs
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The United States was attacked by Japan on this date.

December 7th, 1941

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D-Day happened on this date.

June 6th, 1944

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On April 12th, 1945, this man died.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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The US wanted Japan to do this.

Surrender unconditionally

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The first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan on this date.

August 6th, 1945.

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This was the name of the naval base that Japan attacked.

Pearl Harbor

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Allied forces pretended that they were going to attack this French city before D-Day.

Calais

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After FDR's death, this man became president.

Harry S. Truman

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Japan was determined to keep this.

Their emperor.

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The second atomic bomb was dropped on this date.

August 9th, 1945.

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The US fought in these two theaters of war during WWII.

European and Pacific

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The Allied forces attacked the beaches near this city on D-Day.

Normandy

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This man killed himself on April 30th, 1945, because he realized that he was going to lose the war.

Adolf Hitler

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The United States used this new weapon for the first time in history on Japanese cities.

The atomic bomb

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This Japanese city was bombed first.

Hiroshima.

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During WWII, many Americans felt more strongly about fighting this nation than they did about fighting Germany.

Japan

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D-Day was the largest of this type of operation in history.

Amphibious

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On May 7th, 1945, Germany did this.

Surrendered unconditionally to the Allies

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This United States decided to bomb Japan because it did not want to do this.

Invade Japan

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This is the name of the second Japanese city that was struck with an atomic bomb.

Nagasaki.
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Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US had stopped the sale of this to Japan.

Oil

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D-Day was the start of this.
The Allies' eastward march across Europe.
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May 7th is known as this day (two letters).

VE Day

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This man ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped, but he regretted it

President Truman

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Japan surrendered to the United States on this date.

August 15th, 1945.