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Who were the "Free French"? |
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French soldiers who fought for the Allies |
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They were German submarines that sank ships headed for Great Britain. |
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What does V-E Day stand for? |
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What new organization of Peace Loving Nation was formed after WWII? |
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What happened on August 14, 1945? |
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WWII offically ended all over the world |
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When did the Japanese surrender? |
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They offered to surrender after the bomb dropped in Nagasaki |
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Why did Hitler believe that Einstein's discovery was wrong? |
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Because Einstein was Jewish |
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Where did Einstein go when he left Germany? |
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He came to the United States |
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What did Einstein tell the President that he was afraid of? |
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That the German army was developing an atomic bomb |
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What was the code name for the atomic bomb? |
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What year did they first test the atomic bomb? |
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Did Japan and Germay surrender at the same time? |
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No, Japan went of fighting |
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What 3 leaders met to decide what to do about the problem? |
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Joseph Stalin-leader of the Soviet Union, Truman-President of the United States, and Winston Churchill-Prime Minister of Great Britain |
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What did they tell Japan to do? |
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Surrender and sign a peace treaty or be invaded by Allied Forces |
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What did President Truman do to end the war? |
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He dropped atomic bombs on Japan |
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Where did the first bomb fall? |
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Where did the second bomb fall? |
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What caused people to die later? |
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Nuclear fallout, the posion spread by the bomb |
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What was the nickname for the plan to take back the beaches of France? |
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Who was the commander of the "Free French" soldiers? |
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General Charles de Gaulle |
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What happened to Mussolini? |
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The Anti-Nazi Partisans killed him |
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What happened on August 25, 1944? |
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The Allies marched into Paris |
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What was the Battle of Britain? |
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The fight between the British Airforce and the German Airforce |
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How did the Battle of the Bulge get its name? |
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The German soldiers pushed the Allied lines back until they bulged |
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What was the two code names that was given to the Beaches in Normandy? |
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