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WWII
Term | Definition |
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Frankiln D. Roosevelt | President of the US when the war started |
Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Germany/Leader of the Nazi Party |
Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Italy |
Winston Churchill | Prime Minister (Leader) of the British government |
Hideki Tojo | Leader of Japan |
Joseph Stalin | Dictator of Russia (USSR) - Union of Soviet Socialist Republic |
Admiral Chester Nimitz | Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower | Commander of all of the Allied Forces. Would later become president of the U.S. |
General George S .Patton | Led U.S. Forces in the Battle of the Bulge and the march to Germany |
President Harry S. Truman | FDR dies suddenly and VP Truman is sworn in as president. Will lead US through the end of the war. Decided to use atomic bomb on Japan in hope of surrender and avoiding invasion that would cost more American lives. |
Anne Frank | 13 year old Jewish girl from the Netherlands. Hid with her family for nearly 2 years in a hiding place over her father's office. She kept a diary which is one of the best accounts of the life of Jews under Nazi rule. She died in a concentration camp. |
Allied Powers | Britan, France, United States, some smaller countries |
Axis Power | Germany,Italy, Japan |
Dictator | A leader who gains comple control of a country's government, often by force or intimidation |
Facisim | a form of government where indiviual freedoms are denied and comlete power is given to the government. Extreme nationalism |
Lend-Lease | the U.S. let Brittain borrow all the military supplies it needed to fight the axis and did not ask for payment. isolationists protested because they thought FDR was lending the U.S. into war. |
Rationing | government limiting the amount of food, gasoline, etc. that people could buy. Stamps for prducts were sent out monthly. |
Victory Gardens | small vedetetable gardens planted to help increse the amount of food avalible in the countries. They were in yards and evrn on rooftops. |
Atomic bombs | massive explosive device made by spliting atoms. |