Unit 6 WH Vocabulary Pt. 3 (#21-30)

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Japan bombed the United States' Naval Fleet in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Designated areas where Japanese Americans were sent after the attack at Pearl Harbor; fear that they may be spies caused this to happen

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Internment/Relocation Camps

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A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held locations in the Pacific Theater.

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Island Hopping

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Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, the largest planned invasion in all of World History

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D-Day

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May 8, 1945; victory in Europe when the Germans surrendered

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V-E Day

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A secret U.S. plan for the construction of the atomic bomb.

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Manhattan Project

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What is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945?

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V-J Day

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A plan orchestrated by Hitler to eliminate Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.

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Holocaust

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Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group

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Genocide

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"Night of the Broken Glass" November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jews.

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Kristallnacht