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1312113912AlliesThe countries that united to fight the Axis during World War 2.0
1312113913AxisGroup of military dictaorships that fought against the Allies.1
1312113914dictatorA leader with absolute power over the nation's government.2
1312113915Fascisma form of government that denies individual freedom and gives complete control of the government.3
1312113916D-DayJune 6, 1944; Allied troops landed in Normandy, France to fight the Germans4
1312113917World War 2a war fought in Europe and the pacific between the Allies and the Axis forces5
1312113918Rationingthe practice of limiting the amount of food people can buy6
1312113919Tuskegee Airmena unit of African American fighter pilots trained in Alabama7
1312113920internment campa place where Japanese-American prisoners were held8
1312113921Atomic bomba bomb that that releases a massive explosion by splitting atoms9
1312113922Holocaustthe systematic widespread killing of Jews and others by Nazis10
1312113923Dwight Eisenhowerleader of Allied forces on D-Day ( President of USA)11
1312113924concentration campsslave labor camps where Jews and others were detained or killed12
1312113925Navajo Code Talkerssent important messages between Allied leaders and soldiers13
1312113926Adolf Hitlerdictator of Germany during World War 214

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