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WWII Vocab 2A
Vocabulary Terms for WW2 Part 2 Version 2
Term | Definition |
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Holocaust | the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II |
Kamikazes | in World War II, Japanese pilots who loaded their aircraft with bombs and crashed them into enemy ships |
D-Day | June 6, 1944, the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II |
Concentration camps | detention sites created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians |
Final Solution | the Nazi Party’s plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union |
V-J Day | (1945) August 15, 1945, a term used by the Allies, it stands for "victory over Japan" during World War II |