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The Potsdam Declaration called for the immediate surrender of Japan or else they would face "prompt and utter destruction." Japan's refusal to surrender led directly to which of the following?
Who sent FDR a letter introducing German scientists who were experimenting with splitting atoms?
The harshness of the treaty of _________________ created bitterness in Germany because they couldn't pay ________________
Who was the German general nicknamed Desert Fox who was defeated at the Battle of El Alamein?
Who promised he would return to the Philippines?
What was the codename for the allied invasion of France?
unemployment in Germany reached ___%
What was the Codename for the German invasion of the USSR?
One reason the US supported the creation of the United Nations was to
What 2 minorities civil rights movements will actually begin as a result of WWII?
_______________ were angry because they didn't get any land out of the treaty
The Nuremberg War Crimes trials of 1945-1949 established the international precedent that
Who was the first Axis country to surrender?
The U.S. used its new wealth to help European nations _______ and repay their _________ after the war
What was the site of the first Japanese defeat on land?
Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, led the invasion of Normandy, and will become US president after the war?
What was the Russian military tactic of burning everything as you retreat?
After World War II, the legal basis for the criminal trials of German and Japanese wartime officials by the Allies was that these officials had
after the war, people began to question ______________________
What was the name given by Hitler to his supposed "master race"?