World War II
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Germany invaded Poland | Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany? |
| dictators often planned to attack and conquer other countries | Why did the rise of dictators cause concern in the 1930s? |
| Japan bombed Pearl Harbor | What event caused the US to enter WWII? |
| Germany, Italy, Japan | Who were the Axis Powers during WWII? |
| many factories had to expand to produce military equipment | List an effect the WWII had on the US economy. |
| soldiers | What could women NOT be during WWII? |
| it forced many Japanese Americans to move to internment camps | What is Executive Order #9066? |
| Battle of Midway | After which battle did Japan's navy become too weak to continue capturing islands in the Pacific? |
| Battle of Stalingrad | After which battle was Germany forced to retreat from the Soviet Union? |
| Normandy, France | Where did the largest sea invasion in world history take place? |
| Japan was forced to surrender | How did the use of atomic bombs impact the outcome of WWII? |
| places where Jews and others were imprisoned and murdered | What were concentration camps? |
| six million | About how many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust? |
| dictator | leader with complete control of a countries government |
| fascism | form a government in which individual freedoms are denied and the government has complete power |
| allies | alliance among Great Britain, the US, France, Canada, the Soviet Union and other nations during WWII |
| WWII | war fought from 1939-1945 between the Allies and Axis powers, involving most of the countries in the world |
| lend-lease | policy that allowed Britain to borrow military supplies from the US during WWII |
| rationing | government limiting of the amount of food each person in the US could buy during WWII |
| Battle of the Bulge | WWII battle in December 1944 between Germany and Allied troops that was the last German offensive in the West. General Patton led the Allies to victory |
| Holocaust | murder of 12 million people, including 6 million Jews, by the Nazis during WWII |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 32nd President of the US who created the New Deal to help US recover from the Great Depression |
| Adolph Hitler | Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian dictator who led his country during WWII |
| Winston Churchill | British leader during WWII |
| Hideki Tojo | military leader of Japan during WWII |
| Joseph Stalin | communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1923 - 1953 |
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