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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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World War II Vocabulary
Play the matching game, use the flashcards, or challenge yourself to a game of MEMORY (concentration).
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| A | B |
| Anti-semitism | hatred of Jews |
| Mussolini | fascist leader of Italy |
| Hitler | Nazi leader of Germany |
| Hirohito | Emperor of Japan |
| Kristallnacht | night of broken glass |
| Internment | imprisoning for a period of time (Japanese during WWII) |
| kamikaze | Japanese suicide bombers |
| Neutrality Acts | steps to keep America out of WWII |
| Allied Powers | England, France, Russia, USA |
| Axis Powers | Germany and Italy |
| Genocide | extermination of an entire race |
| Battle of Britain | Aerial assault on England |
| Stalingrad | 6-month battle in Russia |
| D-Day | Allied invasion of Normandy France |
| Midway | turning point of war in pacific |
| Iwo Jima | bloody island battle in Pacific |
| Island Hopping | strategy in the Pacific |
| Closing the Ring | strategy in Europe |
| Manhattan Project | secret project to build atomic bomb |
| Harry Truman | became president in 1945 |
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