Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the US, don't know what PH is supposed to mean.
Know about the medic and what it was generally about, i.e. the Battle of the Bulge.
H-N August, 1945.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities bombed by atomic weapons on August 6, 1945.
Kamikaze.
Japanese kamikaze pilots were trained to undergo suicide missions to fly their planes into enemy ships, hoping to sink them.
2 pronged attack.
The US staged a two-pronged attack in the Pacific out of their bases in Hawaii, attacking the Phillipines and other islands captured by the Japanese.
Bushido.
The code of the samurai, dictated the actions of Japanese soldiers, noted "honour before death".
Commodore Matthew Perry.
CMP was responsible for ending Japanese isolationism by forcing them to open their doors to trade with the US and other countries.
China Incident.
The Japanese invaded mainland China and took many of their ports and other cities, costing the Chinese millions of lives.
Fifth Column.
A fifth column is A clandestine subversive organization working within a country to further an invading enemy's military and political aims.
Bastone.
Village in France around which the Battle of the Bulge was largely fought, used as a transport and medic station.
Jesse Owens.
Black athlete who competed in the 1938 Olympic games and embarassed and infuriated Hitler by winning several key events.
4 Freedoms.
Speech by Roosevelt about the 4 basic human freedoms, I don't know what they are.
Harry Truman.
President after Roosevelt died in office, Truman ordered the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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