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world war 2 section 4
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History
10th Grade
04/14/2010

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D-day
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150,000 troops landed in france, by July there would be 1 million troops
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ve-day
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victory in europe day
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FDR dies
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so truman is next in line, he is the person that came up with the idea of dropping a nuke
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Atomic Bomb
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dropped on Hiroshima (70,000 ppl die)
also droped on Nagasake(75,000 ppl die)
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reasons for dropping the nuke on japan
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1:save lives
2:impress USSR
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vj-day
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victory in japan day
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Hirahito
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said that they were going to surrendur but nobody wanted to surrendur
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Alantic Charter
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no territorial gain, chose Aganu, mutual prosperity
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United Nations
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US, Great Brittian, France, USSR, and China
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Postdam Conference
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between truman and stalin, about communism, NOT A SUCCESS
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