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- 5. WWII battle between Germany and the Allied forces; the German advance created a "bulge" in the Allied battle lines, but the allies eventually prevailed
- 6. an area where people from a specific ethnic background live as a group
- 7. Hitler's regime's plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union
- 9. nickname of the American plane that dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
- 10. American general known for tank warfare; he was involved in North Africa, Italy, and the Battle of the Bulge
- 11. the killing of an entire people
- 17. forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in WWII
- 19. limiting the amount of a certain product each individual can get
- 20. meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after WWII
- 21. June 6, 1944, the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII
- 22. American Navajos who served in the Marines in WWII; they translated important military messages into a coded version of the Navajo language
- 25. the codename for the Allied invasion of mainland Europe in WWII; starting with D-Day's landings
- 28. a detention site created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and in some cases, kill civilians
- 30. meeting among leaders of the Allies near the end of WWII
- 31. American general; he commanded US troops in the Southwest Pacific and administered Japan after the war ended
- 32. the killing of millions of Jews and others by Nazis during WWII
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- 1. a German word for broken glass; an event occurring on the nights of Nov. 9 and 10 during which Hitler's Nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews, and nearly 100 Jews died
- 2. 34th president; led the Allied invasion of North Africa, the D-Day invasion of France, and commanded the Allied forces in Europe
- 3. the name for the forced relocation and confinement of Japanese-Americans to concentration camps
- 4. 33rd president; became president upon the death of FDR
- 5. a key naval and air battle between Japanese and US forces during WWII
- 8. unit of African American pilots that fought in WWII; the first African Americans to receive training as pilots in the US military
- 12. May 8, 1945; the date when the Allies celebrated victory over Europe
- 13. to take control of a place by placing troops in it
- 14. a group established by FDR that helped 20,000 Jews who might otherwise have fallen into the hands of the Nazis
- 15. a pilot who agreed to load his aircraft with bombs and crash it on an enemy ship
- 16. an international organization that encourages cooperation among nations and prevent future wars
- 18. battle between Japanese forces and American troops; fought on an island; over 100,000 Japanese troops were killed
- 23. a tactic in which submarines hunt as a group and attack at night
- 24. battle between Japanese forces and invading US troops
- 26. the codename for the Allied invasion of North Africa during WWII
- 27. anti-Jewish beliefs
- 29. August 15, 1945; the date when the Allies declared victory over Japan