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17. The Navajo Code Talkers were a group of Native Americans that transmitted secret code communications between the allies using their native
18. In 1942, the Executive Order 9066 was issued that placed Japanese Americans in
camps
19. Soldiers in the Philippines and carried out the Bataan Death March which resulted in the death of 5,000 soldiers as they marched 60 miles without water through the jungle. The U.S. gained the upper hand in the Pacific by winning the Battle of ...
20. By 1942, Germany had near control of all the land in Europe and Hitler then began invasion into the Soviet Union, forcing the U.S. and Britain to plan an invasion of Europe so the Germans would have a fight on two fronts: the Soviet Union and
21. General Dwight Eisenhower led over 100,000 allied soldiers onto beaches off Normandy to begin Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944, also known as
22. The Atomic Bomb Scientist in Los Alamos, New Mexico worked in the Manhattan Project during WWII to develop an atomic bomb. Instead of sending American troops to invade Japan, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and
23. Soon afterwards, the Japanese surrendered bringing an end to WWII. Dividing Germany, at the close of WWII, Germany was divided into
24. The U.S., France, Britain, and the Soviet Union each occupied and controlled one zone. Each occupying country educated the German citizens on the horrors of the Nazi
25. The technological developments of WWII helped the Allies to win the war and had an impact on the future. Radar and
... were developed to detect objects in the air and
ocean.
26. Antibiotics like penicillin were mass-produced to treat wounded
27. The U.S. gained the upper hand in the Pacific by winning the
28. Instead of sending American troops to invade Japan, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and
of Midway.
29. Soon afterwards, the Japanese surrendered bringing an end to
30. The technological developments of WWII helped the Allies to win the war and had an impact on the