WWII - During the war

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Axis Powers

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the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II

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Allied Powers

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the countries that fought against the Axis Powers during World War II: Britain, France, USSR and USA

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Pearl Harbor

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The Japanese attack on the American military base in Hawaii that brought the U.S. into WWII

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blitzkrieg

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"lightning war," the German military strategy during World War II of attacking without warning

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Propaganda

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information or rumors spread by a group or government to promote its cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea

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rationing

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a system for limiting the distribution of food, gasoline, and other goods so that the military can have the weapons, equipment, and supplies it needs

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Internment

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The government policy of detaining Japanese and Japanese Americans in prison camps during WWII

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Island Hopping

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a military strategy used by the Allies during World War II to capture islands in the Pacific

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Manhattan Project

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the top-secret U.S. government project that developed the atomic bomb

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D-Day

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June 6, 1944, the day that the Allied invasion of German-occupied France began