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In World War II, the Allies included Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
a group of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II, including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution
the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
an attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft onto a ground target.
a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham.
set (someone) free from a situation, especially imprisonment or slavery, in which their liberty is severely restricted.
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.
He lead Great Britain for the fight against Nazis.
When Britain would out all the lights at a certain time, they did this so planes had less chance of dropping a bomb on a building.
A plane that would fly into boats, killing themselves and others.
He was from Italy and ruled with Adolf Hitler.
When Japan bombed ships and kamikaze planes flew into ships.
When you put all of the people’s names on a paper who fought in the war.
A German submarine
This day was when Japan surrendered and the war was over.

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