World War 2 Flashcards
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| 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 |