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Unit 15b -10th (extr
Unit 15b: World War II (extra)
Term | Definition |
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Bataan Death March | Japanese beat, stabbed, and shot US prisoners on a long trek to a prison camp |
Big Three | Allied leaders during World War Two: Roosevelt (US), Stalin (Soviet Union), Churchill (Britain) |
The Blitz | Germany's bombing of British cities during World War Two |
Battle for Stalingrad | Soviet Union defeated Germany in the bloodiest battle of World War Two |
D-Day | Allied invasion of Western Europe during World War Two |
island hopping | US attack only the Japanese islands that would help them during World War Two and ignored those that were less valuable |
kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots |
Manhattan Project | secret US mission to create the atomic bomb |
Nazi-Soviet Pact | agreement between Stalin and Hitler at the beginning of World War Two to split up Eastern Europe |
Northern European Plain | area including Poland that had few natural barriers which encouraged invasions |