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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hitler invades poland | September 1,1939 |
| Pearl harbor bombing | December 7,1941 |
| Battle of the midway | June 1942 |
| D-Day | June 6 1944 |
| V-E | May 8,1945 |
| Japan surrenders | September 2,1945 |
| Emperor of Japan during WW2 | Hirohito |
| Stalling guard | Turning point in Europe |
| Benito Mussolini | Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party |
| Adolf hitler | Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. |
| Joseph Stalin | Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, was the leader of the Soviet Union |
| Winston churchill | A British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Hideki Tojo | Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States |
| Erwin Rommel | Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a German field marsha |
| Douglas MacAurthor | General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army |
| James Doolittle | General/Doctor James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF was an American aviation pioneer. |
| Rosie the riveter | Was a national figure during the war. |
| Franklin D.Roosevelt | The 32 president. |
| Harry Truman | President after WW2. |
| Luftwaffle | German air force. |
| Axis powers | Japan,Germany,and Italy |
| The big three | The U.S.,Great Britain,and soviet union leaders. |
| Jonas silk | The vaccine for polio. |
| The final solution | When Germany starting killing Jews. |
| appeasment | Great Britain's plan to deal with Hitler. |
| blitzkreig | Fast and quick way Germany dealed with its enemies. |
| Lend lease act | Showing the U.S. could help foreigner countries. |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Places destroyed by atomic bombs. |
| Navajo Indians | Indians that could detect codes. |
| Manhattan project | A project to create the first atomic bomb. |
| Facsim | A form of authoritarian nationalism. |
| Holocaust | A way Nazis would punish Jews. |
| Munich appeasement. | A agreement sent to Germany. |