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Invasion of this country triggered Britain and France entering war Poland
81.2% Island know for a flag raising Iwo Jima
75.8% Emperor of Japan Hirohito
73% German submarine U Boat
71.7% Soviet Union invaded this country in 1940 Finland
67.6% Place where the British escaped France Dunkirk
67.1% Major turning point for the US in the Pacific Battle of Midway
64.3% This conference was the second meeting of the Allied 'Big Three' Yalta Conference
58.4% Leader of German propoganda Joseph Goebbels
55.3% One of the 5 beaches of the Normandy landing which the British attacked Sword
48.1% This day marked the end of the war on both fronts VJ Day
44% German unit under Rommel Afrika Corps
41.9% Site of Japanese war crimes and the killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians Nanking
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Largest tank battle of the war Kursk
41.1% Bill passed by Congress allowing vital aid to the allies Lend Lease Act
41.1% Largest battle the US would fight Battle of the Bulge
40.6% Most decorated general officer in Soviet and Russian history Georgy Zhukov
37.5% First naval battle where both sides fought only with aircraft Coral Sea
33.4% This 1944 resistance movement in Poland ultimately failed resulting in over 150,000 civilians killed and the city mostly destroyed Warsaw Uprising
32.6% Name of a German bomber used in the Battle of Britain Junkers Ju 88
32.4% Allied plan to end the war by Christmas 1944. Ultimately failed and included heavy fighting in the city of Arnhem Operation Market Garden
31.6% Most decorated ship of the war USS Enterprise
27.2% Name given to what would have been the first day of the Invasion of Japan X-day
24.9% The Japanese boasted that it would take 1 million men 100 years to take this island. Only 17 of the almost 4000 Japanese survived the battle Tarawa
21.1% The bridge at this city was vital in the US crossing of the Rhine. Remagen
18.8% A Merchant ship used by the allies with concealed weapons used to lure in U boats Q ship
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