dictatorAn all powerful leader

Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini were

dictators.

fascismAn all powerful leader, a dictator, has the central control of a nation.Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini were fascists in Germany and Italy.

nationalismTaking pride in one’s own country

AxisThe group of nations including Germany, Italy and later Japan that formed one side in World War II.

AlliesThe group of nations including Britain, the U.S and the Soviet Union that formed one side against the Axis.

D-DayA huge invasion- the largest ever by sea- became known as its code D-Day. The allies landed in France to free Europe from the Germans.

HolocaustThey put people in concentration camps where they worked or were killed. The Nazi murder of 11 million people.

Internment Camps

They were put in these camps, not because they had been tried and found guilty of something, but because either they or their parents or ancestors were from Japan. They were also easily identifiable due to their race. There was no similar large-scale roundups of German or Italian-Americans, even though we were also fighting them during World War II.

United Nations

When? Formed after WWII• Why? They knew that they

must work together to prevent war.

• What? It works for peace, gives aid to poor nations, helps to control disease, and works for human rights.

Who? All nations has one vote in the General Assembly.

• Power, however, lies with the 5 allies who won World War II: The U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union (now Russia) France, and China.

Atomic Bomb

A hugely destructive weapon• When it explodes, it makes

a huge mushroom-shaped cloud that spreads cancer-causing gas.

Atomic bombs are weapons of mass destruction killing many people at one time.