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| powerful weapon created from the splitting of atoms. It was used by President Harry S. Truman in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasakito end World War 2 |
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| prison camps established by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party for Jews and other political prisoners during the war. |
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| invasion of Normandy, France, by the Allies (June 6,1944) |
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| a person who has complete power and authority over a country. |
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| Japanese city on which the first atomic bomb was dropped (August 6, 1945). |
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| mass murder of European Jews by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. |
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| term given to the United States mainland during the war. |
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| Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945). |
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| American base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941. The bombing of Pearl Harbor forced the United States to enter the war. |
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| to allow only certain amounts of food, gasoline, and other goods to each person. |
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| special camps in the United States where Japanese Americans were detained after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. |
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| emblem on the Nazi flag. The swastika was a cross with ends bent at right angles. |
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