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- 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
- 6. this was when an American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city
- 8. ___ was an allied invasion of French North Africa
- 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
- 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.
- 13. __ was the forced transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war
- 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. __ was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German occupied Western Europe
- 2. ___ was a a surprise attack on Tokyo Japan by US bombers that caused little damaged but boosted the US
- 3. the battle of __ was a series of battles between German and British air forces fought over Britain in 1940 to 1941
- 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. a term used to describe a method of offensive warfare designed to strike a swift, focused blow at an enemy
- 7. __ was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the United States
- 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
- 11. the battle of __ what is a 1942 sea and air battle of which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific