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WWII Vocabulary
World War II Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allies | the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) during World War II, aka the "good guys" |
| appeasement | avoiding war by meeting the demands of a threatening nation |
| atomic bomb | a bomb deriving its destructive power from the release of nuclear energy |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II, aka the "bad guys" |
| concentration camps | a type of prison where the Nazis kept large numbers of Jewish people during World War II - people there were treated very badly and often killed |
| dictator | a ruler with absolute power |
| economic interdependence | when two or more countries need to trade with one another to meet their needs |
| economic depression | a period of time in which there is little economic activity and many people do not have jobs |
| Holocaust | the murder of about 12 million people by the Nazis during World War II |
| internment camp | Japanese Americans were put into these camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II |
| Lend-lease | policy that allowed Great Britain to borrow military supplies from the United States during World War II |
| Manhattan Project | A secret project by the United States government to create an atomic bomb during World War II |
| nation-state | a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language that live in a particular area under one government |
| radar | a device that sends out radio waves for finding out the position and sped of a moving object |
| rationing | controlling the amount of (something, such as gasoline or food) that people are allowed to have especially when there is not enough of it |
| victory garden | effort on the home front to grow a family's food so that farm goods could be sent to soldiers overseas. |
| front | an area where military forces are fighting |
| theater | a large area where important events or actions occur in a war |
| blitzkrieg | a sudden and overwhelming military attack. the German words for "lightning war" |
| isolationism | the belief that a country should not be involved with other countries |
| propaganda | ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc |
| home front | the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country |
| island hopping | the strategy employed by the United States to gain military bases and secure the many small islands in the Pacific to prepare for a land invasion of Japan |
| totalitarianism | a system of government that controls the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed |
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