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| MANCHURIA | CHINESE TERRITORY INVADED BY JAPAN FOR ITS RESOURCES |
| CHANG KAI-SHEK | LEADER OF THE NATIONALIST PARTY |
| ETHIOPIA | ANCIENT EASTERN AFTICAN KINGDOM WHICH WAS ANNEXED BY ITALY IN 1936 |
| BENITO MUSSOLIN | FASCIST LEADER OF ITALY |
| HAILE SELASSIE | ETHIOPIA EMPEROR |
| EMBARGO | RESTRICTING TRADE WITH A NATION FOR PUNITIVE OR POLITICAL REASONS |
| SPANISH CIVIL WAR | 1936-1939 REFORMERS (LEFT) VERSUS NATIONALISTS (RIGHT) |
| FRANCISCO FRANCO | GENERAL AND LEADER OF THE SPANISH NATIONALISTS |
| LOYALISTS | SPANISH REPUBLICANS - LOST WAR - AIDED BY SOVIET UNION |
| ADOLF HITLER | CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY-FASCIST-MILITARISM-NATIONALISM-THIRD REICH |
| RHINELAND | MARCH 1936-BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE - MILITARIZED BY HITLER |
| ANSCHLUSS | THE JOINING OF AUSTRIA TO GERMANY -"ONE BLOOD DEMANDS ONE REICH" |
| AUSTRIA | HITLER'S HOMELAND - CONSIDERED GERMAN |
| SUDETENLAND | SEPTEMBER 1938 - PART OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA INHABITED BY 3 MILLION GERMANS TAKEN BY GERMANY |
| NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN | BRITISH PRIME MINISTER-GAVE INTO HITLER'S DEMANDS IN HOPE OF AVERTING WAR |
| MUNICH CONFERENCE | SEPTEMBER 1938 - CHAMBERLAIN AGREES WITH HITLER - SUDETENLAND TO GERMANY "PEACE IN OUR TIME" |
| APPEASEMENT | GIVING IN TO A POTENTIAL ENEMY TO AVOID WAR |
| POLISH CORRIDOR | A STRIP OF LAND LEADING TO THE BALTIC SEA - GAVE POLAND ACCESS TO TRADE |
| NON-AGGRESSION PACT | AUGUST 1939 - SIGNED BETWEEN HITLER AND STALIN - GERMANY AND SOVIET UNION PROMISED NOT TO ATTACK EACH OTHER |
| JOSEPH STALIN | LEADER OF THE U.S.S.R. - ENEMY O NAZIS BUT AGREED NOT TO GO TO WAR |
| SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 | GERMANY INVADES POLAND |
| SEPTEMBER 3, 1939 | FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY |
| BLITZKRIEG | "LIGHTNING WAR" -GERMANS USE OF MOTORIZED DIVISIONS AND AIR POWER TO QUICKLY OVERWHELM AN ENEMY |
| LUFTWAFFE | GERMAN AIR FORCE |
| WINSTON CHURCHILL | FORMED A NEW GOVERNMENT SERVING AS PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN - HIS LEADERSHIP PREVENTED BERMANY FROM DEFEATING GREAT BRITAIN AND TAKING EUROPE |
| MAGINOT LINE | DEFENSES BUILT BY THE FRENCH ALONG THE BORDER OF GERMANY |
| CHARLES DE GAULLE | FRENCH GENERAL - LED THE FREE FRENCH RESISTANCE |
| BELGIUM | MAY 26, 1940 - QUICKLY OVERRUN BY GERMANS WHO ENCIRCLED THE BELGIUM, FRENCH AND BRITISH ARMIES |
| VICHY GOVERNMENT | PUPPET OR COLLABORATIVE GOVERNMENT IN SOUTHERN FRANCE - CAPITAL - VICHY |
| FREE FRENCH RESISTANCE | ENEMIES OF THE BERMANS-AN UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION -SUPPLIED INFORMATION AND HARASSED GERMAN MILITARY OPERATIONS |
| LEND-LEASE ACT | U.S. POLICY TO SUPPLY WAR MATERIALS TO GREAT BRITAIN |
| ERWIN ROMMEL | FIELD MARSHALL "DESERT FOX" LED GERMANS TO EARLY VICTORY IN NORTH AFRICA |
| BATTLE OF BRITAIN | AUGUAT 1940 - CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT OF BRITAIN BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT |
| DUNKIRK | MASSIVE EVACUATION OF ALLIED TROOPS - 300,000 IN 9 DAYS |
| LENINGRAD | NOVEMBER 1941 - GERMAN SIEGE BEGINS LASTING FOR 890 DAYS - KILLED 8000,000 CIVILIANS |
| STALINGRAD | AUGUST 1942 - GERMANS ATTACK CITY - CITY DESTROYED - GERMAN 6TH ARMY DESTROYED - SOVIETS FORCE GERMANS RETREAT |
| "NEW ORDER" | EUROPE RULED BY THE GERMAN NAZIS - ENSLAVING OF CONQUERED PEOPLE AND THE ELIMINATION OF "UNDESIREABLES" |
| THE HOLOCAUST | THE MASS DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWS AND OVER 6 MILLION KILLED |
| DACHAU | DEATH CAMP IN GERMANY |
| AUSCHWITZ | DEATH CAMP IN POLAND |
| ROME-BERLIN-TOKYO AXIS | THE AXIS POWER (ITALY-GERMANY-JAPAN) |
| PEARL HARBOR | U.S. NAVAL BASE IN HAWAII - HOME OF THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET - BATTLESHIPS DESTROYED |
| FDR | U.S.PRESIDENT DURING MOST OF WWII - "A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY" CONCERNING PEARL HARBOR ATTACK |
| DECEMBER 7, 1941 | DATE OF PEARL HARBOR ATTACK BY THE JAPANESE "A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY" |
| ISAROKU YAMAMOTO | JAPANESE NAVAL LEADER WHO PLANNED AND EXECUTED THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR |
| HIROHITO | JAPANESE EMPEROR |
| GENERAL TOJO | MILITARY LEADER OF JAPAN |
| THREE THEATERS OF WAR | EUROPE & NORTH AFRICA (GERMANY & ITALY) PACIFIC (JAPAN) |
| ALLIED POWERS | GREAT BRITAIN, USA, U.S.S.R. |
| AXIS POWERS | GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN |
| EL ALAMEIN | GERMANS DEFEATED & BRITISH BEGIN A COUNTER ATTACK CAPTURING TRIPOLI IN JANUARY 1943 |
| BERNARD MONTGOMERY | BRITISH GENERAL-DEFEATED GERMANS IN NORTH AFRICA & LED BRITAIN TROOPS IN THE INVASION OF THE CONTINENT |
| DWIGHT D EISENHOWER | COMMANDER OF USA FORCE & LATER ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE - PLANNED D-DAY |
| BATTLE OF MIDWAY | JUNE 1942-JAPANESE NAVY DEFEATED STOPPING THEIR ADVANCE TO AUSTRALIA |
| CHESTER NIMITZ | COMMANDER OF THE USA FLEET IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE |
| ISLAND HOPPING | ALLIED STRATEGY IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII-CAPTURE ISLAND TERRITORY MOVING CLOSER TO JAPAN |
| DOUGLAS MC ARTHUR | THE ALLIED COMMANDER OF FORCES IN THE PACIFIC "I SHALL RETURN" |
| GUADACANAL | AUGUST 1942-AMPHIBIOUS INVASION OF JAPANCES-ISLAND INVASIONS |
| KAMIKAZES | JAPANESE "SUICIDE" PLANES LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES AND FLOWN INTO TARGET |
| NORMANDY | NORTHERN COAST OF FRANCE ALONG THE ENGLISH CHANNEL-LOCATION OF THE ALLIED INVASION OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE |
| D-DAY | JUNE 6, 1944-ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY-LARGEST INVASION IN HISTORY-OPENS WESTERN FRONT |
| BATTLE OF THE BULGE | DECEMBER 1944-GERMAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH ALLIED LINES IN BELGIUM |
| YALTA CONFERENCE | ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL, STALIN -DIVISION OF GERMANY & BERLIN INTO 4 OCCUPATION ZONES - FORM UNITED NATIONS |
| POTSDAM CONFERENCE | TRUMAN, CLEMENT ATTLEE, STALIN - BEGINNING OF COLD WAR AND NUCLEAR ARMS RACE - TRUMAN ANNOUNCES ATOMIC CAPABILITY |
| HARRY TRUMAN | VP UNDER FDR-BECAME PRESIDENT WHEN FDR DIED-GAVE PERMISSION TO DROP THE ATOM BOMB ON JAPAN |
| IWO JIMA | ISLAND TAKEN FROM JAPANESE-FIGHT TO THE DEATH-MOUNT SURIBACHI-RAISING OF THE FLAG |
| OKINAWA | ISLAND 360 MILES FROM THE TIP OF JAPAN - MAJOR AIR BASE TO BOMB JAPAN |
| HIROSHIMA | AUGUST 6, 1945 - FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPANESE CITY-60% OF THE CITY DESTROYED |
| NAGASAKI | AUGUST 9, 1945-SECOND JAPANESE CITY TO BE BOMBED-OVER 200,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE TWO EXPLOSIONS |
| AUGUST 14, 1945 | JAPAN SURRENDERS |
| V-J DAY | AUGUST 15, 1945 VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY |
| GENOCIDE | THE DELIBERATE KILLING OF A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE BASED ON RACE OR CULTURE |
| NUREMBERG TRIALS | TRIALS HELD IN GERMANY TO TRY WAR CRIMINALS AFTER WWII-WAR CRIMES-HOLOCAUST |
| MARSHALL PLAN | GEORGE C MARSHALL (USA GENERAL (VMI) -PLAN TO REBUILD GERMANY AFTER WWII |
| POLARIZATION (SUPER POWERS) | DIVISION OF WORLD (WEST-DEMOCRATIC-USA) (EAST-COMMUNIST-USSR) |
| IRON CURTAIN | BORDER BETWEEN CAPITALIST AND COMMUNIST EUROPE |
