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World War 2
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35
History
5th Grade
03/30/2011

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dictator
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leader who gains control of a country's government
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fascism
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government where individual freedoms are denied
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communism
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government controls land and businesses
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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Allied Powers
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Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union
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World War 2
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war fought between 1939-1945
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lend-lease
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United States would let Allied countries borrow military supplies
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Battle of the Bulge
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biggest battle ever fought by US army against Germany; allied victory
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rationing
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limiting the amount of resources each person in the United States could buy
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Tuskegee Airmen
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first African American fighter pilots

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atomic bomb
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extremely powerful bomb dropped on two Japanese cities
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Manhattan Project
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code name for the building of the atomic bombs
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Battle of Midway
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major turning point in World War 2 against Japan in the Pacific Ocean
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Battle of Stalingrad
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unsuccessful German attack against the Soviets
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concentration camps
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place where Jews were taken and imprisoned used as slave labor; many did not survive
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Holocaust
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wide spread destruction; murder of 12 million people during World War 2
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draft
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law that requires men of a certain age to serve in the military
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ideology
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set of beliefs
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Pearl Harbor
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naval base in Hawaii bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan
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relocation/ internment camps
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Japanese Americans were forced to live during World War 2
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"Rosie the Riveter"
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a symbol of women who kept American factories running during the war
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Hiroshima and Nagaski
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two cities in Japan that were bombed
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theater
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where the fighting took place; European and Pacific
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944; Normandy, France; largest invasion by sea
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liberation
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to free
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propaganda
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get someone to believe the way you do; posters
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Winston Churhill
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leader of Great Britain

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Charles de Gaulle
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leader of France

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Adolf Hitler
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leader of Germany and the Nazi party

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Benito Mussolini
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leader of Italy

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Joseph Stalin
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leader of Russia

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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American leader in charge of Allies forces, D-Day invasion

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General George S. Patton
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helped Allies to a victory in the Battle of the Bulge

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Harry S. Truman
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33rd president at the end of World War 2; ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs

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island hopping
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strategy used during World War 2 to capture the most important islands in the Pacific
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