9.3-9.5 WW2 Vocab

detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state

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

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

a place used to burn corpses

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

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

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

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

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

Allowing each individual to have a fixed amount of something

confinement during wartime

popular name for women who worked in war industries during WWII

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

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

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

American General who led our troops in Europe during WWII

agreement to end fighting in a war

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

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

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

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

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

The right of people to freely choose their sovereignty

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

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

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

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

Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission

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

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

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

series of war crimes trials held in Germany after WWII

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.