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  1. 3. the battle of __ Was a 1944 to 1945 battle in which allied forces turn back the last major German offensive of World War II
  2. 6. this was when an American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city
  3. 8. ___ was an allied invasion of French North Africa
  4. 9. ___ was eight-month period at the start of World War II, where nothing much seemed to happen. but gave government more time to prepare
  5. 12. the battle of __ was a decisive air and sea battle that crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet, permitted US invasion of the Philippines, and reinforced the Allies control of the Pacific.
  6. 13. __ was the forced transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war
  7. 14. this battle was one of the bloodiest in the history of the US and a win for the US.
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  1. 1. __ was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German occupied Western Europe
  2. 2. ___ was a a surprise attack on Tokyo Japan by US bombers that caused little damaged but boosted the US
  3. 3. the battle of __ was a series of battles between German and British air forces fought over Britain in 1940 to 1941
  4. 4. the battle of __ what is a 1942 to 1943 battle in which Allied troops drove Japanese forces from the Pacific island of Guadalcanal
  5. 5. a term used to describe a method of offensive warfare designed to strike a swift, focused blow at an enemy
  6. 7. __ was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the United States
  7. 10. the battle of __ was hey 1942 to 1943 battle in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet union
  8. 11. the battle of __ what is a 1942 sea and air battle of which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific