9.3-9.5 WW2 Vocab

Concentration Camps

detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state

Heinrich Himmler

The individual whom Hitler entrusted to control all of the concentration camps throughout Europe

Ghettos

separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live

Crematoriums

a place used to burn corpses

Auschwitz

a group of three German concentration camps and extermination camps in southern Poland, built and operated during the Third Reich

Anne Frank

Most well known Jewish survivor of the Holocaust because of the diary she kept of her time spent in the Concentration camps

War Refugee Board

A U.S. government agency established to assist people trying to escape persecution during World War II

Genocide

deliberate and systematic killing of people who belong to a particular racial, ethnic,or cultural group.

Total War

channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort

Rationing

Allowing each individual to have a fixed amount of something

Internment

confinement during wartime

“Rosie the Riveter”

popular name for women who worked in war industries during WWII

Aircraft Carriers

ship that accommodates the taking off and landing of airplanes, and transports aircraft

Battle of Midway

Naval battle fought between the United States and Japan in June of 1942

General Bernard Montgomery

British commander of the 8th army in both Africa and Europe

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

American General who led our troops in Europe during WWII

Armistice

agreement to end fighting in a war

Battle of Stalingrad

A brutal military campaign between Russia and those of Nazi Germany where the Russians were able to defeat the Germans in one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war

D-Day

code name for June 6, 1944, the day that Allied forces invaded France during WWII

Normandy

Five beaches in Northern France where the invasion of D-Day took place

Battle of the Bulge

The last major German offensive campaign in the Western Europe during WWII

Yalta Conference

meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in February 1945 where the three leaders made agreements regarding the end of World War II

Self Determination

The right of people to freely choose their sovereignty 

V-E Day

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, the day the Allies won WWII in Europe

Bataan Death March

during World War II, the forced march of Filipino and American prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military

Island Hopping

Military strategy used by the allied in the Pacific against the Japanese

General Douglas MacArthur

American General who led the American forces in the Pacific against the Japanese

Kamikaze

Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission

Manhattan Project

code name for the project to build the first atomic bomb during WWII

Harry Truman

Individual who succeeded Roosevelt as president and who was responsible for ordering the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan

Hiroshima/Nagasaki

city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August 1945, Japanese city; on an island in its harbor, the Tokugawa shoguns in the 1600s permitted one or two Dutch ships to trade with Japan each year

Nuremberg Trials

series of war crimes trials held in Germany after WWII

United Nations

an international organization formed in 1945 at the end of World War II. Since then, its global role has expanded to include economic and social development, human rights, humanitarian aid, and international law.