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Hint
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Answer
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A) The deadliest concentration camp
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Auschwitz
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B) Fascist dictator of Axis Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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C) Invaded by Germany during the annexation of 1938
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Czechoslovakia
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D) This German city was firebombed in Feb 1945
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Dresden
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E) Baltic nation occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940
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Estonia
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F) Fought the Winter War against the Soviets from 1939-40
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Finland
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G) Campaign between the US and Japan in the Solomon Islands in 1942-43
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Guadalcanal
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H) Ruler of the ruthless Japanese Empire
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Hirohito
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I) A brutal battle took place on this small island where Americans raised the flag upon a hill in 1945
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Iwo Jima
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J) Norman beach where Canadian forces landed on D Day
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Juno
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K) The Soviets claimed victory in the battle near this Russian city in 1943
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Kursk
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L) British capital, heavily bombed during the German Blitz
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London
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M) Decisive naval battle where Japan lost 4 fleet carriers
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Midway
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N) WW2 criminal trials were held in this German city after the wars end
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Nuremberg
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O) This Algerian port city was a major target in the North African campaign
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Oran
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P) Type of German tank used in the war, aka "armored war vehicle"
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Panzer
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Q) US ship sunk in the battle of Savo Island in 1942
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Quincy
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R) Region of western Germany remilitarized by Hitler in 1936, a key area along the river of the same name
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Rhineland
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S) One of the 5 beaches stormed on D Day
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Sword
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T) Capital of the Kiribati region and a key battle in 1943
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Tarawa
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U) Type of German submarine that attacked Allied ships
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U Boat
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V) Capital of unoccupied France during the war
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Vichy
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W) Polish capital and site of a large Jewish ghetto during the war
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Warsaw
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X) Covert commando unit of the British Army composed of German and Austrian Jewish refugees
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X Troop
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Y) The post WW2 Allied conference was held in this Crimean port
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Yalta
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Z) Central African country, then a colony of Belgium that aided in uranium production for Allied forces
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Zaire
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