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WWII Vocabulary
Nazi Party
the National Socialist German
Worker’s Party that came to
power in Germany under Adolf
Hitler
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan and their
allies
Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, Soviet
Union, and the U.S.
appeasement
the policy of giving into aggression
to preserve peace
“blitzkrieg”
(lightning war)
Germany’ swift army method of
Mobilization and attack against
their enemy
island hopping
WW II strategy in which the allies
invaded islands that the Japanese
weakly defended in order to stage
further attacks
kamikaze
a Japanese pilot who crashes into his
target to destroy it
Nisei
a Japanese-American born in the U.S.
Aryan Supremacy
Hitler’s belief that only people of pure
German blood (blue-eyes/blonde hair)
Should rule the world
Anti-Semitism
extreme-hatred for Jewish people
Holocaust
the systematic killing by Germany
during WW II of about 6 million
Jewish people as well as millions of
other ethnic groups
D-day
June 6, 1944 – the day the allies
invaded Normandy, France during
WW II
V-E day
victory in Europe May 8, 1945
V-J day
victory in Japan September 2, 1945