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Chapter 28 Section 3&4
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05/15/2012

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deported
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forced to leave a country
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Final Solution
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the Nazi Party's plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union
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ghetto
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an area where minority groups live
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concentration camps
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detention sites created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians
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Holocaust
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the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II
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Nazi Anti-Semitism
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Nazi government passes a variety of restrictive laws targeting german jews
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Jews
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Thwousands of ______ are deported or flee germany.
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Six Million
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___________ jews are killed in the Holocaust
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Germany
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________ defated at Battle of the bulge.
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Hiler
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_______ commits suicide
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944; the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II
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V-E Day
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(1945) May 8, 1945; a term used by the Allies, it stands for "victory in Europe" during World War II
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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(1945) World War II battle between Japanese forces and invading U.S. troops
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Battle of Okinawa
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(1945) World War II victory for the Allied troops that resulted in the deaths of almost all of the 100,000 Japanese defenders; the battle claimed 12,000 American lives
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Truman, Harry S
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(1884–1972) Thirty-third president of the United States; he became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He led the United States through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.
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Hirohito
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(1901-1989) Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989; he led Japan during World War II and was forced into unconditional surrender following the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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V-J Day
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(1945) August 15, 1945; a term used by the Allies, it stands for "victory over Japan" during World War II
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Yalta Conference
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(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
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United Nations
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international organization formed in 1945 to maintain world peace and encourage cooperation among nations
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Potsdam Conference
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(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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