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WWII Vocabulary
Dr. Campbell
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany during WWII |
| Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy during WWII |
| Joseph Stalin | Dictator of Soviet Union during WWII |
| Germany, Italy, Japan | Axis country during WWII |
| Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union | Allied countries during WWII |
| Relocation camps for the Japanese/Americans | people in the US were afraid the Japanese might be loyal to the enemy so they were moved to the relocation camps |
| D-day | massive invasion in Europe |
| June 6 | D-day invasion in Normandy, France |
| Concentration camps | Camps in which Germans were enslaved and murdered those people that they saw as enemies. Imprisoned people like Jews, disabled, mentally challenged, anyone not "pure" German. |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Sites of the US atomic bomb drops |
| Holocaust | attempt to destroy the Jewish People |
| Pacific | fighting the Japanese during WWII |
| Europe | fighting Germany during WWII |