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| Fascism | Type of government where freedoms are denied and the government holds complete power - often controlled by a dictator who encourages aggressive nationalism and violence against enemies |
| Holocaust | The name of the Nazi extermination program that killed 6 million European Jews in concentration camps |
| Dictator | A leader of a country with total power - no authority is able to block his decisions |
| Internment | Government policy of forcing Japanese Americans to live in remote camps around the American West during WWII |
| Condemn | To announce publicly that an action or event is wrong or unacceptable: the League of Nations used this to respond to Hitler's actions |
| Theater of War | The area of combat operations that included all land, sea, and air - often includes an entire continent and the surrounding bodies of water |
| Island Hopping | A military strategy used to cross oceans and gain territory - jumping over islands controlled by an enemy, then attacking the island from both sides |
| Blitzkrieg | A word meaning "Lightning War" - military tactic of launching air and ground attacks at the same time to quickly attack and win |
| Appeasement | Policy of giving in to the demands of a dictator or aggressive nation to avoid war or maintain peace |
| Anti-Semitism | Prejudice, hatred and/or persecution of Jews - this word is often related to the Nazi idea that the Aryan race was superior |
| Neutrality | Not taking sided in a conflict between two or more countries |
| Genocide | Policy of exterminating whole groups of people based on their race, ethnicity, or nationality |
| Rationing | To limit the use of certain products and food during wartime |
| Manhattan Project | The code name for the secret US project to develop an atomic bomb |
| Communism | A one-party system of government where the government controls everything, claiming to work toward a better social order by promising to share all goods equally among the people |
| Amphibious | Military sytle of attack includes troops arriving by sea to begin assault; fighting on both land and sea |
| Partition | To divid a country or territory into separate areas, usually into different political structures |
| Lend-Lease Act | A law passed by Congress during WWII to allow the US to supply equipment, food, and weapons to countries fighting Germany |
| Isolationism | A country refusing to take part in a conflict, remaining totally separate |
| VE Day | The day marking the end of WWII in the European Theater |
| VJ Day | The day marking the end of WWII in the Pacific Theater |
