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World War II Key Terms

Important events and concepts from WWII

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historybuff 12 terms Feb 24, 2026
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Axis Powers
Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII
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Allied Powers
Countries that opposed the Axis including the U.S., Britain, and the USSR
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D-Day
June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France
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Blitzkrieg
German 'lightning war' tactic using fast attacks
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Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on U.S. naval base in Hawaii in 1941
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Holocaust
Systematic genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany
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V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day marking Germany's surrender in 1945
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V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day marking the end of WWII
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Manhattan Project
Secret U.S. program that developed the atomic bomb
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Hiroshima
Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped
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Nagasaki
Second Japanese city hit by an atomic bomb
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United Nations
International organization created after WWII to maintain peace