World War II Vocabulary

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  1. 2. The code name for the top secret building of an atomic bomb to be used in WWII against Japan on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
  2. 5. A very powerful bomb that gets its power from nuclear fission.
  3. 6. A top secret unit of Native Americans used by the US in the Pacific because their language could not be translated and was never broken by Japan.
  4. 9. The 33rd President (1945-1953). He took over Allied Forces and made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. This decision had radical consequences for the Japanese but began the end of WWII.
  5. 10. US strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific by hopping from island to island- securing them, building airbases and defenses then moving closer to Japan.
  6. 11. a political policy of not interfering with the concerns of other countries.
  7. 14. an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945
  8. 15. The 32nd President (1933-1945). Elected during the Great Depression and made it his goal to turn the country's economy around by creating government-funded social and economic programs like the Works Progress Administration and Social Security. During WWII he was the leader of the Allied Powers until his death in 1944.
  9. 16. In World War II, the day Allied forces started the invasion of France; June 6, 1944.
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  1. 1. Nickname given to women in the workforce in America during WWII- a propaganda character
  2. 3. All African-American unit of airmen who flew many very successful missions over Europe and Africa during the war.
  3. 4. A German submarine used in the first half of the 20th century
  4. 7. A major United States naval base in Hawaii that the Japanese air force attacked without warning on December 7, 1941. Many American lives and ships were lost.
  5. 8. The political viewpoint that one's nation and race are superior to all others (the power of their nation was more important than the well-being of the people).
  6. 12. The agreement between the US and UK (and China and other allies) to lend weaponry for the war in return for leases on naval bases.
  7. 13. A person who is not a member of the police or military.