Section 3,4 & 5

Heinrich Himmler

The individual who Hitler entrusted to control all of the concentration camps

Crematoriums

Place used to burn corpses

Auschwitz

A combination of three German concentration camps and extermination camps located in southern Poland that were built and controlled by the Nazi during WW2

Anne Frank

Most well known jewish survivor of the Holocaust because of the diary she kept of her time in concentration camps

War Refugee Board

A U.S government agency established to assist people trying to escape persecution during WW2

Rationing

Allowing each individual to have a fixed amount of something

Internment

Confinement during times of war

Battle of Midway

Naval Battle fought during the United State and Japan in June of 1942

General Bernard Montgomery

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

Battle of Stalingrad

A brutal military campaign between russian forces and those of Naxz germany where the Russians were able to defeat the Germans in one of the longest and bloodiest battle of the war

Normandy

Five beaches on 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 WW2

General Douglas MacArthur

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

Harry Truman

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

Nuremberg Trials

A series of hearings designed for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice

Self determination

the right of the people to choose their sovereignty

Island hopping

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

Concentration Camp

detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state

Ghetto

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

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

Rosie the Riveter

popular name for women who worked in war industries during WWII

Aircraft Carrier

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

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969) grew up poor and came from a hard-working family. During World War II, he was the American general who commanded the Allied forces in western Europe. “Ike” later served as the 34th president of the United States, from 1953–1961.

Armistice

agreement to end fighting in a war

D-Day

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