SS 5 WWII Vocab

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Prime Minister of England during WWII

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Winston Churchill

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What is the term for an organized effort to eliminate an entire group of people?

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Genocide

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Italian Leader during WWII

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Benito Mussolini

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What is an immensely powerful weapon whose violent energy comes from splitting the atom?

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Atomic bomb

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What was the system in which many Japanese Americans were relocated and imprisoned during WWII?

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Japanese American Internment

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What event marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Europe?

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D-Day

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What was the name of the German military strategy of rapid attack?

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Blitzkrieg

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What was the name of the genocide of Jews during WWII?

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Holocaust

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Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?

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Adolf Hitler

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What was the significance of the Nuremberg Trials?

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They held Nazi war criminals accountable for their actions.