World War II - War started by Germany and Japan to gain control of more land. Involved almost every country in the world., League of Nations - Group of countries that came , Adolf Hitler - Leader of Germany who wanted to build a strong German race., Allies - Countries that fought together in WWII and included: Great Britain, France, Russia, China and the U.S., Axis - Countries that fought together in WW2 and included: Germany, Italy  and Japan., Emperor Hirohito - Leader of Japan. He wanted to extend the power and territory of his country, Pearl Harbor - Suprise attach on the US by Japan at a naval port in Hawaii. It is why the US entered the war.  , Battle of Normandy - Allied forces invade France and push the Germans back. It was the turning point of the war. Also called D-day. , Paratroopers - Solidiers that jumped out of planes with a parachute., Battle of the Bulge - The last attempt by Germany to regain control of the terrirory. They lost and would soon surender., Battle of Iwo Jima - The first attach by US on Japanese soil. Many soldiers died before the US won control of the island., ghettos - Poorest areas in the city that were fenced off and where the Jewish people had to live. , concentration camps - Horrible prisons where the Jewish people were taken to work and most often died., Holocaust - Time during WWII where Jewish people were forced in prisons and killed. 17 million died., atomic bomb - Nuclear weapon developed by the US that uses the power released from splitting an atom. It causes total destruction. , Manhattan Project - Group of scientists who were brought together and given money to figure out how to make an atomic bomb., Little Boy - Atomic bomb dropped by the US onto the Japanese city, Hiroshima. It destroyed the city and killed many., Marshall Plan - Plan created by the US to help Europe rebuild after WWII., Fat Man - Second atomic bomb dropped by the US onto the Japanese city, Nagasaki. It caused Japan to surrender., Communism - A political system in which all the main resources are owned by the government, and wealth is divided equally among people.,

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