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WW2 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pearl Harbor | The Japanese attack on our naval base located in Hawaii on December 7th 1941 |
| Neutrality | when you do not pick a side during a conflict |
| Neutrality Acts | a series of acts to keep American out of the war happening in Europe |
| Geographic Context | Refers to where an event is taking place and why this specific location |
| German Blitz | The German bombing of London and other English cities from 1940-1941 to weaken the British |
| Japanese Internment | Japanese Americans placed in interment camps around the west for national security |
| Tuskegee Airmen | group of African American military pilots who fought in World War 2 |
| Navajo Code Talkers | is most often used for United States service members during the World Wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages as a basis to transmit coded message |
| American Nisei Regiments | The regiment is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry |
| Lend Lease Acts | Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States." |
| Holocaust | The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. |
| War Crime | murder or ill treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas. killing of hostages. torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments. |
| Manhatten Project | the research and development of the Atomic Bomb |
| D-Day | The Allied Invasion of Normandy France on June 6th 1944 |
| V-E Day | Victory in Europe day on May 8th, 1945 |
| V-J Day | Victory in Japan day on August 15th, 1945 |
| Mobilization | nations preparation for war |
| European Front | The fighting happening in Europe |
| Pacific Front | The fighting happening around the Pacific Ocean |
| Island Hopping | Allies strategy in the Pacific where they capture some islands that have a purpose bringing them closer to the the Japanese mainland |
| Appeasement | giving in to someones wants to avoid conflict |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
| Enlistment | the action of enrolling or being enrolled in the armed services. |
| Rationing | allow someone to have only (a fixed amount of a certain commodity) |
| Car Club | Americans car pooling to work so they ration their fuel |
| Scrap Drive | By recycling unused or unwanted metal for example, the government could build ships, airplanes and other equipment needed to fight the wa |
| Victory Gardens | Americans growing food at home to help ration produce in the store |
| 2-Front War | two-front war occurs when opposing forces encounter on two geographically separate fronts. |
| Trinity Test | July 16th 1945, The Americans successful test and first detonation of the Atomic Bomb |
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