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S.S. Ch. 8 S. 3
Vocabulary Section 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| D-Day | Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 |
| General Erwin Rommel | German commander in North Africa |
| Stalingrad | Soviet city where the German army was forced to surrender after a battle that lasted for months |
| Battle of the Bulge | final German assault in December 1944 in Ardennes region of Belgium & Lexembourg |
| Yalta Conference | conference where Allies planned the past-war world |
| Holocaust | Nazi German crime of killing more than 11 millions Jews & other persecuted peoples in concentration camps |
| Anti-Semitism | prejudice against Jews |
| General Dwight D. Eisenhower | Supreme Allied commander in Europe, led attack on D-Day |