Wednesday, March 16, 2011

WWII Vocab

Nazi – a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler

Holocaust – the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during WWII

Axis forces ­– Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers

Allied forces – After 1941, the leaders of the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the United States of America, known as the "Big Three"

Tribunal – a court or forum of justice

Hostility – deep-seated usually mutual ill will; conflict, opposition, or resistance in thought or principle

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