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What new weapon did Germany deploy in an attempt to blockade and starve Britain?

What did the unofficial American policy known as the Truman Doctrine, developed in response to incidents like the civil war in Greece, guarantee?

What American president adopted Fascist-style economic and work programs to (unsuccessfully) counteract the economic collapse and unemployment during the Great Depression?

What Soviet leader in the 1980s promised and followed through on some reforms, but too little, too late?

The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. How did the US wind up at war with Germany?

What was the purpose of NATO, the organization established by the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949?

Who became the British prime minister in 1940 and used his position both to urge the British people to fight on and to appeal to the neutral Americans for help?

Where did the Allies land in June 1944 in order to open a new front and alleviate pressure on the Russians?

What was the purpose of the American Marshall Plan, a program providing $13 billion of aid to war-torn Europe?

The collapse of the Soviet Union created a “unipolar” world; what was the one pole, the one remaining superpower around which the world now rotated?