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  • Propaganda

    Propaganda
    • Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. In 1933, Hitler realized the potential of propaganda and appointed Joseph Goebbels as Minister for Propaganda.

  • U.S. Declares Neutrality

    U.S. Declares Neutrality
    Formal announcement issued by President George Washington, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. It threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war.
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    Winston Churchill

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    British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

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    American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States.
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    Benito Mussolini

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    Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943.
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    Harry S. Truman

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    33rd President of the United States and the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health.
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    Adolf Hitler

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    Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.
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    Vernon Baker

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    United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the United States Government for his valorous actions during World War II.
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    Nazism

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    Set of political beliefs associated with the Nazi Party of Germany.

  • Dictator

    Dictator
    A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.
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    Audie Murphy

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    One of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism.
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    Fascism

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    An authoritarian and nationalistic right wing system of government and social organization and often includes militarism.

  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking
    Episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
    -occurred during a six-week period

  • War Bonds and Rationing

    War Bonds and Rationing
    These were bonds people would bye to help support their troops during war. The government started rationing goods so that they could have more for the war. THis means everything got expensive.

  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    The principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II.

  • Women’s Roles in WWII

    Women’s Roles in WWII
    Women gained the right to work men jobs. Soo many men were gone into the war so women had lots of opportunities to gain those men jobs. Some women even joined the army.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan took the United States by surprise and attacked Pearl Harbor making the U.S join the war.
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    Japanese American Internment Camps

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    During World War II, the American government put Japanese-Americans in internment camps, fearing they might be loyal to Japan.
    -Japanese- Americans personal jail.
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    Office of War Information

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    A United States government agency created during World War II to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad.

  • Victory Gardens

    Victory Gardens
    A vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war.

  • Firebombing of Dresden

    Firebombing of Dresden
    An attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War in the European Theatre.