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WW2

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#17 (Japanese) pilots who committed suicide in dive bombing the enemy

kamikazes

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#18 harbor where the US navy was severely damaged

Pearl Harbor

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#19 where the 1st atomic bomb was dropped

Hiroshima

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#20 Where did D-Day happen?

Normandy, France

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#21 What is the largest amphibious invasion in history known as?

D-Day

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#22 What side was the Soviet Union on at the beginning of WW2?

the Axis Powers (with Germany and Italy)

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#23 Which country was known for refusing to surrender and allowing many of their own, as well as the enemy's, soldiers to die?

Japan

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#24 What changed in American industries during WW2?

They switched from making goods for home to making war supplies.

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#25 What was basically the only country in Europe not taken by the Axis Powers during WW2?

Great Britain (Switzerland, too, I guess)

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#26 Where was the first major activity for American troops against Germany?

North Africa

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#27 What may have happened if the atomic bombs were not dropped in WW2?

Many more American and Japanese lives would have been lost, since Japan was known for refusing to surrender.

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#28 What major, month-long battle against Germany happened after D-Day?

The Battle of the Bulge

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#29 What was the attitude of most Americans at the beginning of WW2?

isolationist, wanting to stay out of it

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#30 Give 2 reasons Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union was not smart.

turned his strongest ally (Stalin) against him; bad timing, too close to the awful Russian winter; split his armies up; waged a war of ego against Stalingrad

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#31 What treaty did Hitler totally violate in coming to power?

Treaty of Versailles

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#32 What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb?

Harry S Truman

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