Chapter 12 Section 4 - Hahn
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Chapter 12 Section 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 genocide | wiping out an entire group of people |
| Operation Overlord | the invasion of occupied Europe |
| Auschwitz | death camp in Poland |
| Erwin Rommel | German General known as the "Desert Fox" |
| Harry S Truman | became president after Roosevelt's death in 1945 |
| Holocaust | 6 millions Jews killed by the Nazis |
| D-Day | the landing of Allied troops at Normandy on June 6, 1944 |
| Stalingrad | battle that was a major turning point of World War II |
| Sicily | where Allied troops moved next after North Africa |
| V-E Day | Victory in Europe - May 8, 1945 |
| January 1, 1942 | Date that the US joined the Allied Powers |
| Battle of Moscow | Battle in 1941-Germans took the city |
| Battle of Sicily | summer 1941-led by George Patton |
| Adolf Hitler | German dictator who committed suicide in April 1945 |
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