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Chapter 27
World War II and Its Aftermath
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Axis Powers | the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan during WW II |
| Appeasement | making others content |
| Front | the place where armies fight |
| Blitzkrieg | the quick and forceful method of attack that Germany used in WW II |
| Arsenal | a place where weapons are kept |
| Destroyer | a small, fast warship that uses guns to protect ships from submarines |
| Resistance | groups of people who used hit and run tactics to fight the Nazis |
| Guerilla Warfare | a kind of fighting that involves small tactics to fight the Nazis |
| D-Day | the Allied invasion of France in 1944 |
| Kamikaze | a Japanese pilot who crashed his plane into an enemy plane |
| V-E Day | the day the Allies completed their victory in Europe: May 8, 1945 |
| V-J Day | the day the Allies completed their victory in Japan: September 2, 1945 |
| Holocaust | Hitler's killing of many of the Jews in Europe |
| Ghetto | the parts of the cities where Jewish people had to live during WW II |
| Genocide | the mass murder of a group of people |
| Concentration camp | a prison death camp |
| Refugee | a person who is forced to flee from his or her country |
| Superpower | a nation that has more power and money than other countries |
| Satellite | a nation that is tightly controlled by another nation |
| United Nations | the international organization that works to settle disagreements |
| Charter | a constitution, a set of statements that explains a group's purpose |
| Trust territory | a territory that the Allies took from the countries that lost WW I and WW II |
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