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16 Cards in this Set
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fascism |
a form of radical authoritarian nationalism of government |
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blitzkrieg |
an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory |
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Maginot Line |
line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations by France in the 1930s |
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Atlantic Charter |
a joint congressional that provided a broad statement of war aims between the US and Britain agreed upon on August 14, 1941 |
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War Production Board |
a US agency that supervised war production that was established January 16, 1942 |
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Selective Training and Service Act |
an act that required men from their 18th birthday to men from their 45th birthday were put in military service during WWII in September 16, 1940 |
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Bataan Death March |
a transfer of American prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1939 to 1945 (60 miles)
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Stalingrad |
a major battle between Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city Stalingrad during August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943. |
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Office of War Information |
a US government agency during WWII that delivered propaganda to the US and other countries |
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Rosie the Riveter |
a cultural icon of the US that representing the women who worked in factories to produce war supplies during WWII |
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internment |
the imprisonment of a large group of people without trial usually for the improvement of enemy citizens during wartime
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island-hopping |
the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands |
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Manhattan Project |
a project led by the US with support of the UK and Canada to research and develop nuclear weapons during WWII |
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Enola Gay |
a Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber named for Enola Gay Tibbets that dropped the first atomic bomb from an aircraft
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D-Day |
largest naval attack in history that took place in Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944 by the Allies against Nazi Germany that in term ended WWII |
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Battle of the Bulge |
the last major German offensive campaign against the Allies towards the end of WWII that resulted in the most casualties for the Allies that took place in Belgium, France in December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945
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