World War II Vocabulary

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  1. 3. One among many prisons set up by the German Nazis during World War II to contain mostly Jews, but also other people considered enemies of the state.
  2. 4. The U.S. military strategy during World War II in the Pacific, in which bombers would pound an island with bombs, but ground troops would pass that island by to attack one that was less well defended. The goal was to force the enemy Japanese to retreat to their home islands.
  3. 7. An electronic system that uses sound to find distant and approaching objects.
  4. 9. A hatred of Jewish people.
  5. 12. A ruler who has total power over a country.
  6. 15. A form of government that gives all power to the state, does away with individual freedoms, and uses the military to enforce the law.
  7. 16. A member of the Navajo nation who used his tribe's language as a code to send military messages during war.
  8. 17. The system of limiting the amount people can buy of scarce goods
  9. 18. A type of bomb developed during World War II that uses atomic reactions to create a massive explosion. Atomic bombs were dropped by the United States on Japan to end that war.
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  1. 1. The murder of an entire group of people, based on their race, culture, or beliefs.
  2. 2. May 8, 1945, the day Germany surrendered, ending World War II in Europe.
  3. 5. During World War II, guarded camps away from the Pacific Coast, where Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans were forced to move.
  4. 6. June 6, 1944, the day when Allied forces launched a major invasion of German occupied lands in France.
  5. 8. During World War II, the nations who fought together against the Allies; mainly Germany, Italy, and Japan.
  6. 10. The period, from about 1933 to 1945, of Germany’s genocide against Jewish people.
  7. 11. An area in a city in which members of a certain minority group are forced to live.
  8. 13. During World War II, the nations who fought together against the Axis; mainly Great Britain, the United States, France, and the Soviet Union.
  9. 14. An investment paid by American citizens to the government to help pay for a war that, after the war, will be paid back with interest.