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| American president, reluctant to commit the U.S. to war |
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| leader of the Soviet Union (Russia) in WW2 |
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| German speaking part of Czechoslovakia seized by Germany before WW2 |
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| prejudice towards Jewish people |
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| limited the amount of food and fuel granted to Canadians |
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| German code name for the invasion of Britain |
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| British Commonwealth Air Training Plan |
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| air crews were brought to Canada to learn how to become pilots,navigators, air gunners, and wireless operators |
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| Canadian in charge of industrial production; supervised the making of weapons, vehicles, clothing, etc. for the war effort |
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| code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union |
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| important battle in Russia where the Soviets defeated the Germans |
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| first Japanese city hit by an atomic bomb |
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| site of the Allied D-Day invasion in 1944 |
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| British prime minister who followed appeasement policy with Hitler |
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| William Lyon Mackenzie King |
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| Canadian prime minister during World War 2 |
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| Italian dictator who was an ally of Hitler |
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| German "lightning war" used in invasions of many European countries |
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| inspirational British prime minister who came to power early in the war |
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| second Japanese city hit by an atomic bomb |
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| over 300,000 soldiers were rescued from the beaches of this area |
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| air battle where British pilots held off the German Air Force |
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| American naval base destroyed by a surprise Japanese attack |
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| disastrous raid on the French coast where thousands of Canadian soldiers were killed or captured |
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| German city destroyed by Allied fire bombs |
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