Fighting World War II Chapter 18 vocabulary from Access American History
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| Holocaust | the Nazi murder of 11 million people, mostly Jews.
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| D-Day | June 6, 1944 - the date when the Allied Powers landed in France to save France and the other countries in Europe from the Germans.
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| The Allies | One of the sides in World War II. The group was formed by the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and other countries
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| nationalism | pride in one's country
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| racism | the belief that one group of people is better than the other, based on physical looks.
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| dictator | a ruler with total power
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| the Axis | One of the sides in World War II. This group was formed by Germany, Italy, Japan and some smaller countries.
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| facism | a political set of ideas that says a strong central government controlling everyone's lives and business, and a very powerful leader, is the best way to run a country. It was popular in Italy, Spain and Germany.
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| internment camps | places where people are sent to during the war, when the government believes they are a threat to safety in the country.
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| atomic bomb | a hugely destructive bomb that destroys a large area and spreads cancer causing gas.
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| concentration camps | Nazi prisons where millions of people (mostly Jews) were sent to be killed by the Nazis
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| naval base | the headquarters of the navy
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| invasion | an attack in which a country goes inside another country.
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