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WWII
Study WWII dates and trivia
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History
8th Grade
04/04/2011

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What year did Japan invade Manchuria?
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1931
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What date did Germany invade Poland?
Definition
September 1, 1939
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What day did Italy invade Ethiopia?
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October 3, 1935
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What day did Japan bomb Pearl Harbour?
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December 7, 1941
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When did Hitler come to power?
Definition
1933
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Hideki Tojo
Definition
Prime Minister (Military leader) of Japan from 1941-1944 
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Germany from 1933-1945
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Heinrich Himmler
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Head of SS
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of Italy from 1922-1943
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of Soviet Union from 1922-1953
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Neville Chamberlain
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Prime Minister of Great Britain 1937-1940
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940-1945 and 1951-1955
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Emperor Hirohito
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Political leader of Japan from 1926-1989
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President of the U.S. from 1933-1945
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Harry S. Truman
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President of the U.S. from 1945-1953
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe 1943-1945

President of the U.S. from 1953-1960

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Douglas MacArthur
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Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Southwest Pacific from 1942-1945
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George S. Patton
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American General and Commander of the Third Army
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When did Japan surrender?
Definition
August 15, 1945
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Fascism
Definition
Political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and racism.
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When did Germany take over Austria?
Definition
March 1938
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When did the Holocaust begin?
Definition
1933
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When was D-Day?
Definition
June 1944
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When did Italy surrender?
Definition
September 1943
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When did Germany surrender?
Definition
May 1945
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When did Germany take over Czechoslovakia?
Definition
March 1939
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