-
Vernon Baker
A 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. -
Fascism
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. -
Nazism
a set of political beliefs associated with the Nazi Party of Germany. It started in the 1920s. -
Benito Mussolini
An Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. -
Audie Murphy
one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II -
FDR
an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States. -
Adolf Hitler
An Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. -
Rape of Nanking
A six-week period after Japan’s capture of Nanjing—former capital of the Republic of China—in 1937, during which hundreds of thousands of civilians were murdered and 20,000–80,000 women were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army -
U.S. declares Neutrality
a formal announcement issued by President George Washington in May 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. -
Winston Churchill
A British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. -
Victory Gardens
a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war. -
Women’s Roles in WWII
It soon became clear that the war was going to demand much more than the government had expected. Women could do the technical jobs normally performed by men, freeing those men for combat. -
Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. -
Lend Lease Act
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Japanese American Internment Camps
putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime. Americans put Japanese americans fearing they were loyal to japan and would attack -
Office of War Information
a United States government agency created during World War II to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. -
War Bonds and Rationing
Economizing initiatives seemed endless as Americans were urged to conserve and recycle metal, paper and rubber. War bonds and stamps were sold to provide war funds, and the American people also united through volunteerism. -
Fire Bombing of Dresden
a series of Allied firebombing raids begins against the German city of Dresden, reducing the "Florence of the Elbe" to rubble and flames, and killing as many as 135,000 people. -
Dictator
a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. -
Harry S. Truman
The 33rd President of the United States. As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944.
