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WWII
Vocabulary for WWII
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pearl Harbor | naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941 and led the US to enter WWII |
| D-Day | largest sea invasion in history, led by US General Eisenhower and pushed Germans out of France |
| Holocaust | time when millions of Jews were killed by Hitler’s Nazis |
| concentration camps | place where Nazi troops sent people (mostly Jews) to be killed during WWII |
| VE Day | day that Americans and Europeans celebrated Germany’s surrender (Victory in Europe Day) |
| Iwo Jima | Pacific island where Japanese put up a fierce battle but lost to US Marines, part of the island hopping campaign |
| atomic bomb | bomb that gets its power from the release of nuclear energy |
| Hiroshima | Japanese city where the 1st atomic bomb ever used in war was dropped |
| Nagasaki | Japanese city where the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped, causing Japan to surrender |
| kamikaze | Japanese word that means divine wind, an attack where Japanese pilots would crash into Allied ships |
| VJ Day | day when Japan surrendered (Victory in Japan Day) |
| Allied Powers | the alliance of the US, Soviet Union, and Great Britain during WWII |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | US president during most of WWII, died in office in April of 1945 (Alllies) |
| Harry Truman | became US president when Roosevelt died, made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan and desegregated the military in 1948 (Allies) |
| Joseph Stalin | dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII (Allies) |
| Winston Churchill | prime minister of Great Britain during WWII (Allies) |
| Axis Powers | the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII |
| Adolph Hitler | dictator of Germany that was responsible for starting WWII and the Holocaust (Axis) |
| Nazi Party | a political party in Germany led by Adolph Hitler |
| Benito Mussolini | dictator of Italy during WWII (Axis) |
| Hirohito | leader of Japan during WWII, wanted an East Asia Empire (Axis) |
| rationing | most Americans had to limit their consumer goods during WWII (gas, coffee, sugar, etc.) |
| Rosie the Riveter | government poster that represented women going to work in factories while the men were away at war |
| Tuskegee Airmen | famous African-American pilots who protected bomber planes during WWII |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | FRD’s wife, traveled the world to promote human rights, helped write the Declaration of Human Rights |
| United Nations | international peace-keeping organization that was created as a result of WWII |
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