WWII

Important Figures

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The U.S. leader going into WWII

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Germany's leader going into WWII

Adolf Hitler

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Britain's leader going into WWII

Winston Churchill

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The U.S.S.R. leader going into WWII

Joseph Stalin

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Japans leader going into WWII

Emperor Hirohito

Cause and Effect

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Event credited with starting WWII

Germany invades Poland

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Event that caused the U.S. to enter WWII

Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Event that caused the U.S.S.R. to enter WWII

Germany's invasion of the U.S.S.R.

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Event that caused Japans surrender in WWII

The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States

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Event that officially ended WWII

The unconditional surrender of Japan

Geography

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Where WWII largely took place

Europe

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First country invaded in WWII

Poland

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Countries included in the Allied Powers

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China

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Countries included in the Axis Powers

Germany, Japan, and Italy

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Continents involved in WWII

Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America

Battles

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The longest continuous battle of WWII

The Battle of the Atlantic

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WWII battle with the largest casualties

Battle of Stalingrad

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The most important naval battle of WWII

The Battle of Midway

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Allied invasion of Western Europe

The Battle of Normandy

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The last real German offensive of WWII

Battle of the Bulge

Dates

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The start of WWII

1939

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U.S. entry into WWII

1941

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The end of WWII

1945

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U.S.S.R. entry into WWII

1939

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Japans surrender in WWII

1945