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Vernon Baker
He was a black Army officer that served in WW2 and received the Medal of Honor, which is the heighest military award given. -
Fascism
An authoritarian form of governemnt that flourished during world war 2. -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian polotician, journalist, and leader of the facist party in Italy. He was the Dictator of Italy from 1922 until he died in 1943. -
Audie Murphy
He was one of the most decorated soldiers in all of World War 2. He recived every valor award possble. He was born on June 20th, 1925 and died on May 28th, 1971. -
Nazisms
A form Dicatorship that was used in Germany during World War 2. -
FDR
Franklin was the President of the United States from March 4th 1933 until April 12th, 1945. He came up with the New Deals, and many other Government Programs that helped the United States to get out of the Great Depression. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf hitler was the leader of the Nazi party of Germany from 1934 to 1945. He was also the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Hitler was responsible for the mass murdering of millions of Jews throughout World War Two. -
Rape of Nanking
Was the mass murder and mass rape of the people of Nanking. Nanking was the capital of China at the time and around 300000 people were murdered over a six week period. -
Dictator
A form of government in which there is one supreme leader. Power is useually gained through force. -
Neutrality
The United States declares that they will remain neutral in the war. It was seen as Europes problem. The United States stayed neutral for two years until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. -
Winston Churchhill
He was a British Polotician and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 10, 1940 until July 26, 1945. He was said to be one of the greatest war time leaders of the 20th century. -
Womens role in WW2
Women gained a lot of more equality in WW2. Since most of the men were offf fighting in war, the women worked in factories to make war time goods. -
War Bonds and Rationing
The government sold war bonds to help pay for the war effort. Also people were given ration cards that said how much of a certain product they could have. This was set up to help conserve materials for soldiers over seas. -
Lend Lease Act
The United States supplied the Allies with supplies for war such as food, water, guns, and ammo. -
Propaganda
This was any radio advert, comercial, and poster that encouraged people to support the war. The propaganda in America made Germans and Japanese as horrible people. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a Navy base in Hawaii and was attack by the Japanese. Approxamitly 2000 Americans died. -
Victory Gardens
Americans were encouraged to grow gardens in their yards to save food for soldiers over seas. -
American-Japanese Internment camps
The United States forced people with Japanese ancestory to relocate to camps in the interiror of the nation. Over sixty two percent of peole were legal American citizens. -
Office of War Information
This was a Government program that issued propaganda in the United States and over seas. -
Fire Bombing of Dresden
It was a bombing on the captial of a German state. It took place in the final months of the war. More than 3900 tons of explosives were dropped on the city. -
Harry S Truman
Harry was the 33rd President of the Untied States. He took office on April 12th, 1945 until January 20th, 1953. He helped create the United Nations, issued the Truman Doctrine, and passed the Marshall plan to rebuild Europe. He also served during WW2 in France as an artillary officer.
