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CHURCHILL
British statesman and leader during World War II
ROOSEVELT
32nd President of the United States
HITLER
German Nazi dictator during World War II
BRITAIN
A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
FRANCE
European country famous for the Eiffel Tower
GERMANY
European country whose capital is Berlin
CHAMBERLAIN
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany
JAPAN
Island country in Asia with Tokyo as its capital
HIROSHIMA
A port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan
ATOMIC
Of or relating to or comprising atoms
AXIS
In World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other
ALLIED
Related by common characteristics or ancestry
DUNKIRK
A seaport in northern France on the North Sea
NAZI
A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
PEARL HARBOR
A ___ on Oahu to the west of Honolulu
SONAR
A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms
RADAR
Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect
AUSCHWITZ
A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
A former republic in central Europe
MUNICH
The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
VERSAILLES
A city in north central France near Paris
MANCHURIA
A region in northeastern China
HIROHITO
Emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and

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