WWII Vocabulary

Britain, Free-France, Russia and US

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

• Austin Powers

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Germany, Italy and Japan

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

• Triple Entente

• Allied Powers

The Battle of ______ was a major naval battle in the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the US

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The Battle of the ______ was the last major German Offensive fought between December 1944 and January 1945

• Bulge

• Sexes

• Somme

• Bull Run

Lightning fast warfare used by the Germans

• Bulge

• Offensive

• Blitzkrieg

• Holocaust

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Day of the invasion of Western Europe by Allied forces on June 6, 1944

• A-Day

• B-Day

• C-Day

• D-Day

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Political system that is based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state

• fascism

• democracy

• communism

• monarchy

Island Hopping – Allied strategy during World War II of capturing _____ held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Code Talkers - _____ soldiers during World War II who used their own language to radio vital messages during the island-hopping campaign

• Iroquois

• Algonquin

• Cherokee

• Navajo

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Nazi war crimes trials held in 1945 and 1946

• Salem Witch Trials

• OJ Simpson Trials

• Nuremburg Trials

• Scopes Trials