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6th-WWII Part 4
Vocab. for Topic 14, Lesson 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Battle of Midway | a 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers |
| Operation Overlord | the code name of for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944 |
| Battle of the Bulge | a German counterattack in Dec. 1944 that temporarily slowed the Allied invasion of Germany |
| island-hopping | Allied strategy of capturing Japanese-held islands to gain control of the Pacific |
| death camps | the camps where people were systematically murdered |
| Holocaust | the slaughter of Europe's Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII |
| Nuremberg Trials | the Nazi war crimes trials held in 1945 and 1946 |
| encounter | to meet or come upon |
| vary | to range or differ |