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World War II Vocabulary

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Germany, Italy, Japan
Group of nations, including the United States, Britain, and Soviet Union, they opposed the Axis Powers
the practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war
A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other
"Lighting Wars" type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border
A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II and along with Roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West.
Roosevelt, the President of the United States during the Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms
Opperation Barbarossa june 22,1941
all Germans
Battle Of River Plate Battle of Britian Battle of Gazala
the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
Planned June 5th June 6 1944 Germans occupied Normandy France Germans though it would occur at Calais and goal was to liberate Paris
Series of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes
the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. We did it to Japanese-Americans in WWII because we thought they might be spies or something.
a limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use
April 1942, American soldiers were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors. It is called the Death March because so may of the prisoners died en route.
code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway
nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman

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