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6th History Ch. 29
6th History Ch. 29
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6th Grade
02/14/2014

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Who were the "Free French"?
Definition
French soldiers who fought for the Allies
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What were U-boats?
Definition
They were German submarines that sank ships headed for Great Britain.
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What does V-E Day stand for?
Definition
Victory in Europe Day
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What new organization of Peace Loving Nation was formed after WWII?
Definition
United Nation
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What happened on August 14, 1945?
Definition
WWII offically ended all over the world
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When did the Japanese surrender?
Definition
They offered to surrender after the bomb dropped in Nagasaki
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Why did Hitler believe that Einstein's discovery was wrong?
Definition
Because Einstein was Jewish
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Where did Einstein go when he left Germany?
Definition
He came to the United States
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What did Einstein tell the President that  he was afraid of?
Definition
That the German army was developing an atomic bomb
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What was the code name for the atomic bomb?
Definition
The Manhattan Project
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What year did they first test the atomic bomb?
Definition
July of 1945
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Did Japan and Germay surrender at the same time?
Definition
No, Japan went of fighting
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What 3 leaders met to decide what to do about the problem?
Definition
Joseph Stalin-leader of the Soviet Union, Truman-President of the United States, and Winston Churchill-Prime Minister of Great Britain
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What did they tell Japan to do?
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Surrender and sign a peace treaty or be invaded by Allied Forces
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What did President Truman do to end the war?
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He dropped atomic bombs on Japan
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Where did the first bomb fall?
Definition
Hiroshima
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Where did the second bomb fall?
Definition
Nagasaki
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What caused people to die later?
Definition
Nuclear fallout, the posion spread by the bomb
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What was the nickname for the plan to take back the beaches of France?
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It was nicknamed "D-Day"
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Who was the commander of the "Free French" soldiers?
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General Charles de Gaulle
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What happened to Mussolini?
Definition
The Anti-Nazi Partisans killed him
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What happened to Hitler?
Definition
He shot himself
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What happened on August 25, 1944?
Definition
The Allies marched into Paris
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What was the Battle of Britain?
Definition
The fight between the British Airforce and the German Airforce
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How did the Battle of the Bulge get its name?
Definition
The German soldiers pushed the Allied lines back until they bulged
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What was the two code names that was given to the Beaches in Normandy?
Definition
Omaha and Utah
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