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WWII Notes-Secker
notes on WWII and brief Holocaust informantion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of Bulge | The last major battle in Europe and Victory for Allies. |
| V-E Day | Victory in Europe Day. |
| When the first atomic bomb was dropped | August 6,1945 |
| Where the first atomic bomb was dropped | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Name of first atomic bomb dropped | "Little Boy" |
| When the second atomic bomb was dropped | August 9,1945 |
| Where the second atomic bomb was dropped | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Name of Second atomic bomb dropped | "Fat Man" |
| Holocaust | Genocide againsst Jews during WWII |
| Genocide | Mass killing of a particular group of people. |
| Concentration Camps | Labor Camps where weapons were produced for war. Mostly consisted of Men and no elderly people. |
| Death Camps | Camp where the Jews were killed in mass numbers. |
| Ghettos | Jewish neighborhoods that contained Jews due to overcrowding. |
| Final Solution | The decision to kill the Jews |
| Yalta Confrence | The meeting between allied powers: -Franklin D. Roosevelt: USA -Churchill:Great Britain -Stalin:USSR (Soviet Union) Where the desicion of the division of Germany took place. |
| United Nations | Attempted to create cooperation among nations |
| Postdam | A German city where communism was to be discussed. Meeting between Stalin and Truman but Stalin didnt attend. |
| D-Day | Known also as Operation Overload. It was an invasion in Normandy, France on June 6,1944. |
| Rosie the Rivitar | The poster child for working women. |
| Allies vs. Enemy | FIGS= France, United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union.JIG=Japan,Italy, Germany |