Holocaust- the abuse and murder of almost six million Jews by the Nazis

Adolf Hitler- born in 1889-1945, murderer of Jews

Liberation- the attempt to achieve equal rights or status

Frontier- a part of a country that borders another country

Peninsula- a large mass of land merging into a body of water

Allies- countries that fought with America

Axis- countries that fought against America

Nagasaki- one of the two Japanese countries that got bombed

Hiroshima- one of the two Japanese countries that got bombed

Pearl Harbor- A base in Hawaii that got bombed on December 7, 1941

Benito Mussolini- leader of Italy in World War 2

Regime- political conditions

Island Hopping- in the Pacific Theater of WW2 it was known as “Leap Frog”. It was an important military strategy.

Appeasement- policy’s imposed the conditions of aggressor in lieu armed resistance

Totalitarian- exercising control over freedom

Fuhrer- a leader (also known as Adolf Hitler)

Nazis-German soldiers

Forced labor-mandatory work as punishment for crime

Killing Centers-were Jews were killed

Gas Chambers- were Jews were gassed with carbon monoxide

Final Solution-Nazis plan to abolish Jews