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american history- un

american history-part II

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Allied Power alliance formed during World War II between the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union
atomic bomb a powerful bomb that uses the energy suddenly released when atoms split
Axis Powers alliance formed during World War II between Germany, Italy, and Japan
concentration camps prisons camps operated by Nazi Germany in which Jews and other groups considered to be enemies of Adolf Hitler were starved while doing slave labor or were tortured and murdered
D-Day the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, to drive out Hitler’s occupying armies
death camps Nazi extermination centers where Jews and non-Jews were brought to be put to death as part of Hitler’s Final Solution
genocide the deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national, or religious group
Hiroshima city in Japan on which the United States dropped the first atomic bomb
Holocaust the attempted extermination of all Jews in Europe and other groups by Nazis during World War II, resulting in the mass murder of about six million Jews
isolationism a policy that advocates freedom from foreign alliances
Nagasaki city in Japan on which the United States dropped the second atomic bomb
postwar period after a war
Selective Service and Training Act law passed by President Roosevelt and Congress to draft men into military training
strategy plan
V-E Day the day Germany’s surrender became official, May 8, 1945
V-J Day the day Japan surrendered, August 14, 1945
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