1312113912 | Allies | The countries that united to fight the Axis during World War 2. | 0 | |
1312113913 | Axis | Group of military dictaorships that fought against the Allies. | 1 | |
1312113914 | dictator | A leader with absolute power over the nation's government. | 2 | |
1312113915 | Fascism | a form of government that denies individual freedom and gives complete control of the government. | 3 | |
1312113916 | D-Day | June 6, 1944; Allied troops landed in Normandy, France to fight the Germans | 4 | |
1312113917 | World War 2 | a war fought in Europe and the pacific between the Allies and the Axis forces | 5 | |
1312113918 | Rationing | the practice of limiting the amount of food people can buy | 6 | |
1312113919 | Tuskegee Airmen | a unit of African American fighter pilots trained in Alabama | 7 | |
1312113920 | internment camp | a place where Japanese-American prisoners were held | 8 | |
1312113921 | Atomic bomb | a bomb that that releases a massive explosion by splitting atoms | 9 | |
1312113922 | Holocaust | the systematic widespread killing of Jews and others by Nazis | 10 | |
1312113923 | Dwight Eisenhower | leader of Allied forces on D-Day ( President of USA) | 11 | |
1312113924 | concentration camps | slave labor camps where Jews and others were detained or killed | 12 | |
1312113925 | Navajo Code Talkers | sent important messages between Allied leaders and soldiers | 13 | |
1312113926 | Adolf Hitler | dictator of Germany during World War 2 | 14 |
World War 2 Flashcards
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