WORLD WAR 2

ATOMIC BOMB

• First used in 1945 dropped on Japan
• Killing more than 100,000 people
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the two cities that were bombed

BLITZ

• German Air Raids
• From a German word (blitzkrieg) meaning lighting war
• Used during invasion of Poland

CONCENTRATION CAMPS

• Prisons for Jews and others kept by the Nazis

D-DAY

• June 6th 1944
• Allied forces landed on Normandy, France

ERWIN ROMMEL

• Commander of Hitler's German tank force
• The Afrika Korps

FINAL SOLUTION

• A systematic killing of all Jews

GAS CHAMBER

• Gas chambers were referred to as baths or showers
• Using Zyklon B Gas to kill them

HITLER

• Leader of Nazi Germany

IWO JIMA

• Best defended area in world
• 21,000 Japanese troop
• Only 200 Japanese survived

JUNE 22, 1940

• France signs armistice with Germany in occupied France
• An armistice is a truce or cease fire
• In 1942 Germany occupied all of France

KAMIKAZE

• A Japanese pilot trained in WW2
• To make a suicidal crash attack ,especially on ships

LUFTWAFFE

• Name for a German Air Force

MAGINOT LINE

• A system of fortifications along Frances border with Germany

NAZI

• Short for Nationalist Social Party
• A follower of Hitler

OKINAWA

• Japan's last stronghold
• 7600 Am deaths, 110,000 Jap deaths
• Japan lost , lose air bases

PROPAGANDA

• Controlling news media to show your side in the best way

Q-SHIPS

• Allied decoy ships used to lure Axis submarines to surface
• To be eventually attacked by gun fire

RAF

• Royal Air Force Britain

SOVIET UNION

• Country made up of Russian and other states

TELEGRAM

• A short message sent by phone
• Then printed out and delivered

UNITED NATIONS

• Organization set up in 1945 by allies
• To work for world peace

V-E DAY

• Victory in Europe
• Hitler wrote last speech blamed Generals and Jews
• Committed suicide

WINSTON CHURCHILL

• The prime minister of Great Britain during WW2

X-CRAFT

• 1945 FDR, Stalin, & Churchill
• Prepare for peace, Created UN

YALTA CONFERENCE

• 1945 FDR, Stalin, & Churchill
• Prepare for peace, Created UN

ZYKLON-B

• Prussic acid gas used in German extermination camps