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World War 2 1935-1945 FDR-President Global Conflict Military Forces fought all over the world Holocaust (millions of men, women, and children were executed/killed) By the time the war ended, cities across Europe and Asia lay in ruins Section 1 Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and Japan established dictatorships and threatened world peace Section 2 Began Neutral but United States helped Allies After the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. entered the war Section 3 Prejudice and segregation affected many Americans Section 4 Allies won key victories After D-Day invasion, Allied troops advanced into Germany and forced its surrender Section 5 U.S. used atomic bombs to defeat Japan WW2 was the deadliest war in history Million of Jews died in the Holocaust Important Vocabulary/Concepts dictator totalitarian state collective farm nationalism aggression concentration camp Final Solution Neutrality Acts Good Neighbor Policy appeasement Axis Powers Allies Pearl Harbor rationed victory gardens segregation prejudice Battle of Midway Operation Overload ruler who has complete power over a country a single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives farms run by the government feeling of patriotic pride and devotion to one’s own country any warlike act by one country against another without just cause prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state; Hitler planned to kill all the Jews in Europe-sent them to the camps to die Hitler’s plan to kill all the Jews in Europe banned arms sales or loans to countries at war establishing friendlier relations with Latin countries practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war Germany, Italy, Japan, and six other nations Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States, China and 45 other countries; General Eisenhower-commander December 7, 1941-Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (fleet); killed 2,400 people limited the amount of certain goods that Americans could buy (government issued ration coupons-coffee, sugar, meat, shoes, gasoline, and tires) produced 40% of all vegetables grown in the country during WW 2 separation (of the races in the military) the process of "pre-judging" a particular person, place or thing for the way it acts, looks, or even who or what it is involved with American planes sank four Japanese aircraft carriers; hurt Japan and kept them from attacking Hawaii code name for the invasion of Europe Important Vocabulary/Concepts (continued) D-Day On June 6, 1944, a date known ever since as DDay, a mighty armada crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France, and cracked the Nazi grip on western Europe Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, fought over the winter months of 1944 – 1945, was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War Two pilots carried out suicide missions (planes with bombs and crashed them into Allied ships) new weapon-could destroy an entire city-very dangerous slaughter of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis 12 Nazi leaders were sentenced to death for their war crimes, others were imprisoned; tried and executed Japanese leaders accused of war crimes kamikaze atomic bomb Holocaust Nuremberg Trials Important People Franklin D Roosevelt Douglas MacArthur Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Adolf Hitler Nazis Joseph Stalin Benito Mussolini Winston Churchill 32nd United States President during WW2; died April 1945 American general, commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific during World War II Vice President; 33rd President when FDR died American general and 34th president of the United States. He was the principal architect of the successful Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and of the subsequent defeat of Nazi Germany 1933-Dictator of Germany members of the National Socialist German Workers' party of Germany, which in 1933, under Adolf Hitler, seized political control of the country; the party was officially abolished in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II 1924-Soviet Union Dictator 1922-Italian Fascist leader 1940-Britain’s Prime Minister