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| Manchuria | Territory in northern China taken over by Japan in 1931 |
| Bataan Death March | The place where Japan forced defeated American and Philippino soldiers to march to a prison camp. The march took 5-9 days, and many died along the way. |
| Rhineland | French territory taken from Germany during W.W.I that Germany took back in 1936. |
| Stalingrad | City in Russia that Germany attacked. Germany lost the battle and Russia started driving the Germans out of Russia. |
| Pearl Harbor | US navy base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan. This brought the US into W.W.II. |
| Normandy | Area in France where the Allied invasion (D-Day) took place. |
| Hiroshima | The first Japanese city bombed by the US using the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. |
| Harry S. Truman | He became President after Roosevelt died near the end of the war. |
| Nagasaki | The second Japanese city destroyed by an American atomic bomb on August 9, 1945. |
| Battle of Britain | Aerial bombing of Britain by Germany in 1940. Britain was able to hold off Germany. |
| General Douglas MacArthur | The American general who led the troops in the Pacific against Japan |
| Battle of the Bulge | Last major battle in Europe during W.W.II. Hitler’s last attempt. |
| Battle of Coral Sea and Midway | Naval battles between the US and Japan which were the turning point of the war in the Pacific. (Americans won these battles) |
| General Dwight Eisenhower | The American general who led the forces in Europe and planned and led the D-Day invasion |
| General Erwin Rommel | “The Desert Fox” A German general who led the German and Italian forces in North Africa |
| Hideki Tojo | Japanese general who became Prime Minister of Japan and led them to war against the US |
| Neville Chamberlain | Prime Minister of England who negotiated appeasement with Germany. He was replaced by Winston Churchill. |
| Maginot Line | Line of defense between France and Germany where fighting took place |
| General George S. Patton | American general who led the Allied attack from France to Germany after D-Day |
