World war 2

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Germany, Italy, Japan
Axis powers
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Great Britain France Soviet Union and eventually Us
Allied piwers
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Attempt extermination of Jews killing 6 million (Nazi Germany)
The Holocaust
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a movement to promote 2 victories (defet racism at home and segregation in the military)
Double v campaign
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a form of government that is controlled by one dictator, and thinks they're better than everybody else
Fascism
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giving in wants to avoid war (Hitlers government)
Appeasement
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used by the Nazis to rapidly attack an enemy hoping to overwhelm them
Blitzkrieg
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plants grown for military people during war time
Victory Gardens
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bias information spread
Propaganda
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conserving food and resources for war
Rationing
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first black Air Force known for great contributions
Tuskegee Airmen
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native Americans in the military who used language to make and decode secret messages
Navajo Talkers
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international organization made following the end of world war II working together to keep peace
United nations
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European and Pacific theater Europe's main enemy was Germany and Pacific's main enemy was Japan
Theaters of World
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a bomb used by the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic Bomb
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relocation of Americans with Japanese ancestry to concentration camps they were a "threat"
Japanese incraration
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Causes of World war 2
failure treaty, nazi aggression, appeasement, rise of dictators, pearl harbor
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