American Nation Chapter 27 Sec 5

Front 1

island hopping

Back 1

during World War II, Allied strategy of capturing Japanese held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean p.796

Front 2

Navajo code-talkers

Back 2

during World War II, Navajo soldiers who used their own language to radio vital messages during the island-hopping campaign p.796

Front 3

kamikaze

Back 3

World War II Japanese pilot trained to make a suicidal crash attack, usually upon a ship p.797

Front 4

Potsdam Declaration

Back 4

message sent by the Allies in July 1945 calling for Japanese surrender p.798

Front 5

Bataan Death March

Back 5

long trek across the Philippines that American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to make by the Japanese in 1942 p.799

Front 6

Holocaust

Back 6

slaughter of Europe's Jews by the Nazis before and during World War II p.799

Front 7

Nuremberg trials

Back 7

Nazi war crimes trials held in 1945 and 1946 p.799