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| Bataan Death March | the forced migration of American and Filipino POWS by the Japanese to a POW camp |
| Adolf Hitler | leader of the Nazi party during WWII |
| Munich Pact | a pact signed by Britain, France and Italy in which Germany was allowed to occupy part of Czechoslovakia |
| Nonagression Pact | an agreement in which two or more countries agree not to attack each other |
| Battle of Britain | Germany's World War II air offensive against Britain, repulsed by British pilots |
| Anti-Semitism | prejudice against Jews |
| Kristallnacht | the night in which German's destroyed Jewish synagouges and homes-"night of broken glass" |
| Genocide | the systematic destruction of an entire people |
| Women's Auxillary Army Corps | organization established in 1942 allowing women to serve in the military as radio interceptersW |
| The Manhattan Project | top secret project to develop an atomic bomb |
| Office of Price Administration | U.S. federal agency in World War II, established to prevent wartime inflation. |
| War Production Board | U.S. government agency, established (Jan., 1942) by executive order to direct war production and the procurement of materials in World War II. |
| Battle of Stalingrad | the decisive World War II battle in which Soviet troops halted the German advance into the Soviet Union |
| Battle of the Bulge | the last major German offensive of World War II which temporarilhy forced back the Allies in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium |
| Operation Overlord | code name for the invasion of German occupied France |
| D-Day | the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during WWII |
| The Battle for Okinawa | the American invasion and conquest of the island of Okinawa in World War II |
| Yalta Conference | a meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in 1945 to plan for post-World War II |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist leader of Russia...intent on defeating Hitler |
| Totalitarian Government | a country controlled by a dictator with a strong central government in place |
| Benito Mussolini | Facist leader of Italy...oppressed Italians...was killed by citizens |
| Facism | A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. |
| Mein Kampf | book written by Hitler while in prison detailing his political philosophy |
| Neutrality Acts | acts passed by US Congress limiting arms sales to other countries |
| Winston Churchill | prime minister of UK during WWII~led the UK through the war |
| Charles de Gaulle | organized France's contribution to allied victory and headed the provisional government from 1944 to 1946. |
| Nuremburg Laws | laws put into place by Hitler to further restrict Jews freedom |
| "Final Solution" | Hitler's plan to kill all Jews within German-occupied territory |
| The Tripartite Pact | This pact was signed by the Axis powers in the 1940s; it stated that should one of the signatories, consisting of Japan, Germany, and Italy, be aggressed upon by the United States, the other two were obliged to send help. |
| Hideki Tojo | Japanese general of War during WWII~very anti-US~eventually became PM and attacked PH |
| Selective Service System | The mission of the Selective Service System is to deliver untrained manpower to the armed forces in time of emergency and to administer the alternative service program for conscientious objectors. |
| A. Phillip Randolph | succeeded in pressuring FDR to sign an executive order banning discrimination within the government and among the defense industries that won government contracts. |
| General Erwin Rommel | led Nazi's drive through Africa~later committed suicide to spare family after being accused of plotting to kill Hitler |
| General Douglas MacArthur | led American forces in Pacific campaigns as Supreme Allied Commander, 1941-1945 |
| Emperor Hirohito | leader of Japan during WWII~built up large army and attacked Pearl Harbor |
