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Allowing a country to do something so that you don't go to war with them
Appeasement
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Who were the Allied powers?
U.S. Great Britain, Russia
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What was one reaction from another country to the U.S. entering the war?
Musolinni fled Italy. All but two Latin American countries joined the war
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What was the invasion of Normandy called?
D-Day Operation Overlord
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Burn resources so the enemy can't have them
scorched earth policy
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Who were the Axis Powers?
Italy, Germany, Japan
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What was the Casablanca Conference
A meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt in Morocco
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What was the turning point for the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
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Name for the atomic bomb mission
Manhattan Project
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What event brought us into the war?
Pearl Harbor
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What was the meeting between the big three to discuss nuclear weapons
Potsdam conference
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What two beaches did the U.S. storm during the Normandy invasion?
Utah and Omaha
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"Night of the broken glass"
Kristalnaught
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How many people died in Pearl Harbor
2,400
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What medicine did we begin to use during WWII to stop infections?
Penicillin
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What were the name of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan?
Fat Man and Little Boy
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German surrender day
V-E Day
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What date did the U.S. enter the war?
December 8, 1941
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What was set up to try German officials who committed war crimes?
Nuremberg Trials
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What was one thing that was agreed upon at the Casablanca Conference?
Escalate bombing of Germany Target their industrial cities Control Northern Mediterranean by night bombings