WWII Vocabulary
A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is realeased by nuclear fusion
Atomic Bomb
Cultural icon representing the women who worked in factories during World War II
Rosie the Riveter
German Nazi dicator during World War II
Adolf Hitler
The allience of Britian, France, and Russia
Allies
Tha allience of Italy, Germany, and Japan
Axis
Italian fascist dictator
Benito Mussolini
German word meaning "lightning war"
Biltzkrieg
The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy
D-Day
A ruler who is unconstrained by law
Dictator
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat if Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nickname for the American plane that dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Enola Gay
Became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was electrd President in 1958; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan
Harry S. Truman
Japanese prime minister and mastermind of Japanese military
Hideki Tojo
United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Communist dictator of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develope Atomic Bombs for use in World War II
Manhattan Project
A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
Nazi
The date Allies celebrated victory in Europe. May 8, 1945
V-E Day
Japan surrendered to the Allies, August 14, 1945; formal surrender took place September 2, 1945, ending the war
V-J Day
A war in which Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, abd other allies defeated Germany, Italy, and Japan. (1939-1945)
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