Printable WWII: Victory flash cards
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| D-day |
June 6, 1944, the day of the invasion of western Europe by Allied forces |
| Operation Bagration |
codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation |
| Reichstag |
lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich |
| Harry Truman |
Roosevelt's vice president; authorized use of atomic bombs on Japan |
| Benito Mussolini |
Italian Fascist leader. Premier of Italy; killed on April 28, 1945 |
| Adolf Hitler |
Nazi dictator of Germany, Austrian; committed suicide on April 30, 1945 |
| Iwo Jima |
Pacific island. U.S. controlled after 1945; returned to Japan in 1968 |
| Okinawa |
largest Ryukyu Island in the Pacific. Taken by U.S. forces April 1945 |
| Potsdam Conference |
1945 meeting to determine punishment for defeated Nazi Germany
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| Victory in Europe Day |
May 8, 1945 formal unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to Allies
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| Hiroshima |
Japanese seaport, site of first military use of atomic bomb, August 6, 1945 |
| Nagasaki |
site of second military use of atomic bomb, August 9, 1945 |
| Clement Attlee |
British statesman. Replaced Churchill as prime minister in 1945. |
| September 2, 1945 |
date of formal Japanese surrender, official end of WWII. |
| D-day |
June 6, 1944, the day of the invasion of western Europe by Allied forces |
| Operation Bagration |
codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation |
| Reichstag |
lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich |
| Harry Truman |
Roosevelt's vice president; authorized use of atomic bombs on Japan |
| Benito Mussolini |
Italian Fascist leader. Premier of Italy; killed on April 28, 1945 |
| Adolf Hitler |
Nazi dictator of Germany, Austrian; committed suicide on April 30, 1945 |
| Iwo Jima |
Pacific island. U.S. controlled after 1945; returned to Japan in 1968 |
| Okinawa |
largest Ryukyu Island in the Pacific. Taken by U.S. forces April 1945 |
| Potsdam Conference |
1945 meeting to determine punishment for defeated Nazi Germany
|
| Victory in Europe Day |
May 8, 1945 formal unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to Allies
|
| Hiroshima |
Japanese seaport, site of first military use of atomic bomb, August 6, 1945 |
| Nagasaki |
site of second military use of atomic bomb, August 9, 1945 |
| Clement Attlee |
British statesman. Replaced Churchill as prime minister in 1945. |
| September 2, 1945 |
date of formal Japanese surrender, official end of WWII. |
