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WWII Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nazis | a German member of Hitler's Political Party |
| Hitler | German Nazi dictator during World War II |
| Atomic Bomb | A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released |
| Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy |
| blitzkrieg | lightening war |
| Axis | the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan during WWII |
| Allied | the alliance of France, Britain, Soviet Union and the United States during WWII |
| Dictator | ruler who is not bound by law |
| Eisenhower | US General who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany |
| D-Day | the Allied invasion of France which freed them from the Germans |
| Enola Gay | Nickname for US plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan |
| Truman | US President who authorized the use of the Atomic bomb on Japan |
| Tojo | Prime Minister of Japan during World War II |
| Oppenheimer | Scientist who led the project to develop the first Atomic bomb |
| Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| Manhattan Project | code name for the secret US project to develop an atomic bomb |
| Rosie the Riveter | symbol of women who worked in factories during World War II |
| V-E Day | The date the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe |
| V-J Day | The date that Japan surrendered to the Allies |