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From 1969 to 1972, Nixon and Kissinger pursued a three-pronged approach to Vietnam that included
rise in in military spending and glorification of the military.
What marked the end of the communist rule in east Germany? (MC)
Commander of the US Naval forces in the Pacific and brilliant strategist of the "island hopping" campaign
Leading american industrialist and shipbuilder during World War II
Year? The US stops the Japanese advance in the Pacific and attacks Germany in North Africa
Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Cars Porters whose threatened march on Washington opened job opportunities for blacks during World War II
Controversial US Britain demand on Germany and Japan that substituted for a "second front"
Year? The United States enters Worl dWar II and begins to "fight Hitler first"
The major exception to the relatively good American civil liberties record during World War II was the treatment of...
Tough head of the United Mine Workers whose work stoppages precipitated anti strike laws
Year? Japan surrenders after two atomic bombs are dropped.
Inconspicuous former senator from Missouri who was suddenly catapulted to national and world leadership on April 12, 1945
The December 1944 German offensive that marked Hitler's last chance to stop the Allied advance
Site of 1943 Roosevelt -Churchill conference in North Africa, at which the big Two planned the invasion of Italy and further steps in the Pacific war.
Site of a serious racial disturbance during World War II
US ally who resisted Japanese advances in China during WorldWar II
Year? The US and Britain invade Italy and topple Mussolini form power.
The Allied leader who constantly pressured the US and Britain to open a "second front" against Hitler.
The devastating new weapon used by the US against Japan in August 1945