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16 Cards in this Set
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Fascism |
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization |
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Blitzkrieg |
An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory |
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Maginot Line |
A defensive barrier or strategy that inspires a false sense of security |
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Atlantic Charter |
A pivotal policy statement issued on 14 August 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world |
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War Production Board |
An agency of the United States government that supervised war productionduring World War II |
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Selective Training and Service Act |
The first peacetime conscription in United States history |
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Bataan Death March |
After the Japanese landed in the Philippines in May 1942, nearly 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners were forced to endure a 60-mile forced march; during the ordeal, 10,000 prisoners died or were killed |
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Stalingrad |
A major battle between German and Soviet troops in World War II |
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Office of War Information |
A United States government agency created during WorldWar II to consolidate existing government informationservices and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad |
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Rosie the Riveter |
A cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies |
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Internment |
The state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons |
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Island-Hopping |
Travel from one island to another, especially as a tourist in an area of small islands |
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Manhattan Project |
The code name for the effort to develop atomic bombs for the United States during World War II |
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Enola Gay |
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line |
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D-Day |
The day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy |
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Battle of the Bulge |
The last major German offensive campaign of World War II |
