WWII Vocabulary 2 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Holocaust | the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II |
| Kamikazes | in World War II, Japanese pilots who loaded their aircraft with bombs and crashed them into enemy ships |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944, the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II |
| Concentration camps | detention sites created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians |
| V-E Day | (1945) May 8, 1945, a term used by the Allies, it stands for "victory in Europe" during World War II |
| Final Solution | the Nazi Party’s plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union |
| V-J Day | (1945) August 15, 1945, a term used by the Allies, it stands for "victory over Japan" during World War II |
| Yalta Conference | (February, 1945) a meeting between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after World War II |
| United Nations | international organization formed in 1945 to maintain world peace and encourage cooperation among nations |
| Potsdam Conference | (1945) A meeting of Allied leaders in the German city of Potsdam to address issues about the post-World War II Europe |
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