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- 2. were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 6. this order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to "relocation centers" further inland
- 10. military campaign of the Second World War
- 14. a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa
- 15. was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia.
- 17. major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
- 20. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation.
- 21. he largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history
- 22. food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks
- 23. the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II
- 24. was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps
- 25. being a national and public holiday. Orléans simultaneously celebrates both
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- 1. marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history.
- 3. one of the most trans formative events of the 20th century.
- 4. banning discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work.
- 5. a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II
- 7. surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base
- 8. was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II
- 9. flew hundreds of patrol and attack missions for the Twelfth Air Force
- 11. a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication.
- 12. an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese
- 13. the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of between 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war
- 16. known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day
- 18. was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places
- 19. second of three major wartime conferences among the Big Three