| A | B |
|---|
| Benito Mussolini-Fascism | Created fascism and was dictator of Italy. Was a member of the defeated Axis Alliance |
| Joseph Stalin-Communism | A member of the big three and led the Soviet Union during WWII. |
| Pearl Harbor | A naval base in Hawaii that was hit in a surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941. |
| Manhattan Project | Creating the first atomic bomb |
| Japanese-American Internment | Group of Americans that were required to move to relocation camps |
| Hiroshima & Nagasaki | The cities that were hit by an atomic bomb on AUgust 6, 1945 in Japan. |
| General Dwight Eisenhower | A military leader who oversaw the execution of D-day |
| Appeasement | The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace. |
| Nuremberg Trials | Court proceedings held in Nurebert, Germany, after WWII, in which Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes. |
| Adolf Hitler-Nazi Party | He created and led the National Socialist Workers Party, also knows as the Nazi Party. |
| Battle of Midway | The WWII battle that forced the Japanese military to fight a defensive war. |
| General Douglas MacArthur | The WWII American gerneral who promised the people of the Philippines "I shall return" |
| Holocaust | European Jews and other groups were killed in large numbers by Nazi Germany during WWII |
| Harry S. Truman | The Vice President who became president when F.D.R. died in April 1945. |
| Yalta Conference | F.D.R., Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed plans for the end of WWII and the future of Europe. |
| Iwo Jima & Okinawa | The Japanese Islands where the U.S. set up campaign so they would be closer to the mainland. Served as base for U.S. planes to bomb Japan. |
| Battle of Britain | Air battles fought between Great Britain and Germany to gain supremacy of the air |
| Winston Churchill | The heroic leader of Britain during WWII |
| Battle of the Bulge | A month long battle of WWII in which the Allies turned back the last major German offensive |
| Rationing | The limitaions set by the U.S. government of civilian purchasing of some products during times of war |
| Island Hopping | The Allied plan to advance in the Pacific towrd Japan |
| Lend-Lease Act | An arsenal of democracy |
| Battle of Midway | The WWII battle that forced the Japanese Military to fight a defensive war |
