letter
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clue
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answer
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A
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Chilean president killed on Sept 11, 1973 in a CIA-backed coup
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Allende
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B
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Dictator overthrown in the 1959 Cuban Revolution
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Batista
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C
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Dictator killed in 1989 revolution in Romania
|
Ceaușescu
|
D
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Britain won the 1807-14 Gunboat War against this country
|
Denmark
|
E
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Opponents in the Hundred Years War 1337-1453
|
England
|
F
|
France
|
G
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War codenamed Operation Desert Shield
|
Gulf War
|
H
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USSR crushed a 1956 uprising in this country
|
Hungary
|
I
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Iconic photo of US Marines raising the flag after this 1945 battle
|
Iwo Jima
|
J
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____ and Kashmir, still fought over by Pakistan and India
|
Jammu
|
K
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Group currently fighting for autonomy from Turkey
|
Kurds
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L
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City that endured a 3-year Nazi siege
|
Leningrad
|
M
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Colonists Britain took 8 years to put down this Kenyan uprising
|
Mau Mau
|
N
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Biafra was briefly a nation in this country's civil war
|
Nigeria
|
O
|
Battle of Normandy codename: Operation _____
|
Overlord
|
P
|
Country that was invaded in 1989, deposing General Noriega
|
Panama
|
Q
|
The British conquered this city in 1759 after a 3-month siege
|
Québec City
|
R
|
Scene of a 1994 genocide
|
Rwanda
|
S
|
War of 5-10 June 1967, won by Israel
|
Six-Day War
|
T
|
Slovenia's brief 1991 war of independence
|
Ten-Day War
|
U
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1860s civil war between the Colorados and the Blancos
|
Uruguayan
|
V
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Treaty that concluded World War I
|
Versailles
|
W
|
Conqueror who led the 11th century invasion of England
|
William I
|
X
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Persian invader of Greece in 486 BC
|
Xerxes I
|
Y
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WWII meeting venue between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
|
Yalta
|
Z
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Country that ceased to exist after Sultan Jamshid's overthrow in 1964
|
Zanzibar
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