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WWII Vocabulary
Dr. Campbell
Term | Definition |
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Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany during WWII |
Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy during WWII |
Joseph Stalin | Dictator of Soviet Union during WWII |
Germany, Italy, Japan | Axis country during WWII |
Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union | Allied countries during WWII |
Relocation camps for the Japanese/Americans | people in the US were afraid the Japanese might be loyal to the enemy so they were moved to the relocation camps |
D-day | massive invasion in Europe |
June 6 | D-day invasion in Normandy, France |
Concentration camps | Camps in which Germans were enslaved and murdered those people that they saw as enemies. Imprisoned people like Jews, disabled, mentally challenged, anyone not "pure" German. |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Sites of the US atomic bomb drops |
Holocaust | attempt to destroy the Jewish People |
Pacific | fighting the Japanese during WWII |
Europe | fighting Germany during WWII |