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a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
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the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
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the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
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a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943
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a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
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an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
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a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
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World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold
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a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
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a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
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an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
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a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
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naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
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a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
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a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte
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US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
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a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943
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battle of World War II (1944)
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battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
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in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
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a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
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the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
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in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
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a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula
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a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
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a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
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a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
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a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America
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a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable
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a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture
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a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America
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a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821
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a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
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a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
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a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
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a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
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a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola
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a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993
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a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993
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a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905
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a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
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Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
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republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
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a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
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a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea
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a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980
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a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
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a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
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a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain
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the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
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a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
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a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
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a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
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a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
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a republic in central Europe
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a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
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an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
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a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
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a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
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a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
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a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula
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an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
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code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
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the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
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the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
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a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943
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a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
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an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
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a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
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World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold
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a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
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an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
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a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
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naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
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a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
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a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte
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US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
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a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943
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battle of World War II (1944)
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battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
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fossils found near Beijing, China; they were lost during World War II
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of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II
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a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
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a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II
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a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II
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a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
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a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
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a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
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a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
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a slow cargo ship built during World War II
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a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940
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a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II
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a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
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a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
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the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
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in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
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an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
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an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army
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a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended
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a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe
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the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II
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the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
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a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
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a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II
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an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs
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an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
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a city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
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an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
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a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
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a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II
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a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II
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a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
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a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
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a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
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a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
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a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
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a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
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a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
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a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II
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a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
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a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
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a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II
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a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
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a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
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a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
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United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)
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Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II; prime minister of Israel (1886-1973)
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British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
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United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)
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United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
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Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)
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British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
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United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)
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United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)
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French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
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Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962)
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British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
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United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)
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emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989)
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German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
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Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
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French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)
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German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)
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United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
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English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
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United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
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United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)
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pope who maintained neutrality during World War II and was later criticized for not aiding the Jews who were persecuted by Hitler (1876-1958)
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German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
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32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
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German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
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United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (1904-1993)
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English writer who settled in Norway after World War II (1899-1960)
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United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
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a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981)
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Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
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Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948)
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English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
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Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
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British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
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any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds
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date of the Allied landing in France, World War II
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the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
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the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
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the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
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