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| the countries that fought against the Axis Powers in World War II |
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| the alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan during World War II |
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| a key Soviet victory during World War II that ended Hitler’s effort to conquer the USSR |
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| June 6, 1944, the day that the Allied invasion of German-occupied France began |
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| the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis |
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| the US naval victory in the Pacific during World War II that stopped Japanese expansion and forced Japan to focus on defense |
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the US victory in World War II that positioned the Allies for an invasion of Japan |
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the top-secret US government project that developed the atomic bomb |
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