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Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord ("D-Day")
The Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials
V-E Day
Yalta Conference
Battle of Midway
Manhattan Project
V-J Day
Harry Truman
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a. The code name for the top secret program to build the atomic bombs
b. Wartime meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin: created the United Nations
and outlined the post-war plans for Germany and Europe
C. Operation where Hitler broke the Non-Aggression pact with the Soviet Union; the
largest land invasion in modern history
d. Code-name for the American military campaign to push the Nazis out of Northern
Africa
FIGHTING THE WAR
e. "Victory in Europe" day on May 8, 1945, the day the Nazis surrendered
f.
The bloodiest battle of WW2 Europe and a major turning point in the war after the
Soviets defeated the invading Nazis forces at a critical city
g.
h.
i.
The U.S. President who ultimately made the decision to use the atomic bomb. He
replaced FDR after he passed during his fourth term
I.
Critical U.S. and British amphibious invasion which helped to liberate France and
open up a second front against Germany in Europe
"Victory in Japan" day on August 14, 1945, when Japan surrendered, officially
ending WW2
j.
The name given to the systematic genocide of Jews, along with other "political
enemies" of Germany; over 10,000,000 murdered
k. Major turning point victory for the U.S. in the Pacific; over 300 planes and 4
Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed
Trials which were conducted after WW2 ended, in which Nazi officials were put on
trial for war crimes and other atrocities carried out as part of The Holocaust
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