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World War 2
World war 2
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History
11th Grade
04/02/2009

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Antisemitism
Definition
hatred of jews
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Churchill
Definition
Britist prime minister during WW2
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Hitler
Definition
German leader during WW2
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Roosevelt
Definition
U.S President during WW2
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Japan
Definition
Country U.S fought in the Pacific
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propaganda
Definition
media to sway public opinion
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Blitzkreig
Definition
relentless bombing of England
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GI
Definition
Name for U.S soldier
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appeasement
Definition
giving something to someone to get them to do what you want
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The French resistence
Definition
French group who tried to undermine Germans occupying their country
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Dunkirk
Definition
site of a miraculous evacuation of soldiers out of France
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Carry
Definition
U.S policy for warning nations to buy weapons from the U.S "cash and ____"
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Radar
Definition
tool to track incoming planes
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Africa
Definition
One of 3 fronts U.S fought on in WW2
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Germany
Definition
One of 3 Axis Power nations
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December 7. 1941
Definition
A day that will live in infamy
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May 8, 1945
Definition
V E Day
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rationing
Definition
limiting public's consumption of goods
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Maginot Line
Definition
fortified border between France and Germany
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Normandy
Definition
Location of D-Day invasions
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Nuremburg
Definition
Trials for high-ranking Nazis
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Island-hopping
Definition
U.S & Japenese tactic in the Pacific
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Rosie the Riveter
Definition
Symbol for female workers during WW2
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Franco
Definition
Spanish military dictator
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MacArthur
Definition
Head of U.S forces in the Pacific
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VJDay
Definition
Day Japan surrendered
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Yalta
Definition
Conference to decide how to end WW2
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Meinkampf
Definition
Book Hitler wrote while in jail
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Non-Aggression
Definition
Pact between Hitler and Stalin
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Stalin
Definition
Soviet leader during WW2
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Manhatten project
Definition
project to build an atomic bomb
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Mussolini
Definition
Italian dictator during WW2
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Eisenhower
Definition
Head of U.S forces in Africa and Europe
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Internment
Definition
kind of camps in which Japenese-Americans were held during war (thought to be spies)
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Midway
Definition
turning point of the war (battle)
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