| A | B |
|---|
| Neutrality Acts | banned sales or loans to countries at war |
| dictator | ruler with complete power |
| Nazis | political party organized by Hitler |
| Fascist Party | led by Mussolini |
| totalitarian state | single party controls the government |
| collective farm | government run farm in the Soviet Union |
| aggression | warlike act against another country |
| appeasement | giving in to avoid war |
| Axis Powers | Germany,Italy, and Japan |
| Allied Powers | Britain, France, Soviet Union, US, China |
| blitzkreig | lightning war |
| Atlantic Charter | set up goals for postwar world |
| Douglas MacArthur | commander of US forces in Pacific |
| Battle of Midway | hampered the Japanese offensive |
| Operation Overlord | Allied invasion of Europe in 1944 |
| D Day | June 6, 1944 |
| Dwight Eisenhower | commander of Allied forces in Europe |
| Battle of the Bulge | fierce German counterattack in 1944 |
| V E Day | May 8, 1945: end of war in Europe |
| island hopping | capture some islands;go around others |
| Potsdam Deal | message to Japan to surrender |
| V J Day | August 14, 1945 |
| Bataan Death March | forced march of Americans and Filipinos |
| Final Solution | Hitler's policy of killing Jews |
| Nuremberg Trials | war-crime trials |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | cities where the atomic bomb was dropped |
