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Victory Gardens
They were food gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany during bioth World Wars. -
Dictator
A ruler with total power over a country typically one who has obtained power by force. There was many dictators during WW2 and there is some still today -
Fascism
An authoritarian and nationalistc right-wing system of goveremnt and social organization. The axis powers supported fascism. -
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Nazism
Is a set political beliefs associated with the Nazi Party of Germany. They gained power in 1933 and lasted until 1945 when the war ended. -
Rape of Nanking
In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war. -
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Adolf Hitler
He was a dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934-1945. He initiated World War 2 and oversaw fascist policies. -
Women's Role in WW2
Took over many jobs for servicemen, most notably in heavy industry. Some joined the military, Altered family life, brought several drawbacks. -
U.S declares neutrality
The US didnt want to be part of the war for another 2 years after the aatack on Pearl Harbor. Presdient Roosevelt went public and declared that America be neutral. -
Lend Lease Act
It set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation on demand. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941-Carrier-based Japanese planes bombed naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 2400 Americans killed. U.S. Pacific fleet emporarily crippled. -
Japanese-American Interment Camps
The United States imprisoned over 127,000 US citizens just because they came from Japanese ancestry. -
FDR
FDR was in the middle of his second term as governor of New York when he was elected the nations 32nd presiident in 1932. He helped the country get out of the great depression by making many acts. -
Office of War Information
It was created in WW2 to consoildate existing goverment information services and deliver propaganda both home and abored -
Winston Churchill
He the prime minister and rallied the British during the WW2. He led his country to victory. -
Vernon Baker
He was a highly decorated soldier in WW2. His unit was the first black unit to go into combat during WW2 -
War Bonds and Rationing
War bonds are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war. The bonds also remove money from circulation and thus also help to control inflation. In practice, a government in desperate need of finances may also put additional money into circulation. -
Benito Mussolini
He was an Italian dictator who rose to power in the beginning of WW1. He became Prime MInister in 1922. -
Audie Murphy
He is the most decorated US soldier of WW2. WHen he returned back home he became an actor starring in To Hell and Back (telling his story) -
Fire Bombing of Dresden
The Bombing of Dresden was 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. -
Harry S. Truman
He became president after FDR's sudden death. He was president while WW2 ended. Also he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. -
Propaganda
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
