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World War 2

vocab for WW2

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Fascism A political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and it's leader.
Nazi A fascism group that was based on racism and was lead by Adolf Hitler.
Aggression A warlike act by one country against another without cause.
Appeasement A policy of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
Bataan Death March The Japanese captured 70,000 US soldiers and forced them to walk 65 miles to a prison camp and many of them died.
Rationing The act of setting limits on the amount of scarce goods people could buy.
Rosie the Riveter A fictional character that became a popular symbol of women working for the war effort.
Internment Camps Camps that held Japanese Americans during a time of the war.
Island Hopping A strategy in which American forces would capture some Japanese-held islands and go around others.
Kamikaze A Japanese strategy in which pilots crashed their planes into American ships in a suicide.
Genocide The deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire nation or group of people.
Enola Gay The plane that dropped the atomic bomb and thus ended World War 2.
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