| A | B |
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| Joseph Stalin | fascist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| Benito Mussolini | fascist dictator of Italy |
| Adolf Hitler | fascist dictator of Germany |
| Britain | this nation won the Battle of Britain |
| Neville Chamberlain | this British prime minister signed the Munich Pact |
| Munich Pact | agreement with Germany regarding Czechoslovakia, signed by Neville Chamberlain |
| Pact | Agreement |
| Battle of Britain | the result of this led Hitler to call of the invasion of Britain |
| blitzkrieg | German word for "lightning war" |
| lightning war | blitzkrieg |
| Poland | this nation was the first country to be invaded and taken over by Germany |
| nonagression pact | prior to the invasion of Poland, this is what Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to |
| Poland | this nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union |
| Germany | this country invaded Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg |
| appeasement | by signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German aggression |
| Winston Churchill | about the Munich Pact, he said, "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war." |
| France | the terms of surrender forced on this nation included German occupation of the northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the southern part |
| Kristallnacht | the night of broken glass |
| Neutrality Act of 1939 | this allowed nations to buy American armaments as long as they pay cash and carry the goods home on their own ships |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Lend-Lease Act | allows the president to loan or "rent" arms to "any country whose defense is vital to the US" |
| Atlantic Charter | secretly drafted by Churchill and Roosevelt aboard a warship off the coast of Newfoundland |
| Hideki Tojo | prime minister of Japan |
| Japan | Hideki Tojo was this nation's prime minister during WWII |
| Pearl Harbor | site of a surprise attack on the US by Japan |
| Pearl Harbor | the US declared war on Japan after this event |
| Japan | Germany and Italy declared war on the US after the US declared war on this country |
| Manhattan Project | this is what the atomic bomb program came to be called |
| Office of Price Administration | this was created by Congress to fight the threat of inflation |
| Selective Service System | this instituted the draft and eventually mustered ten million soldiers |
| rationing | this was the method used to decrease the use of scarce and essential wartime goods |
| Nisei | this term refers to Japanese Americans who were born in the USA |
| George Marshall | this Army Chief of Staff pushed for the formation of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps |
| WAAC's | the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps |
| War Production Board | this assumed the responsibility for converting industry from peacetime to wartime production and distributing raw materials to key industries |
| Office of Scientific Research and Development | this was responsible for improvements in radar and sonar and the development of "wonder drugs" such as penicillin that saved countless lives |
| Harry S. Truman | FDR's vice president |
| V-E Day | this day marked the end of the war in Europe |
| Majdanek | this death camp was the first liberated by the Allies |
| D-Day | this day marked the invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe |
| Operation Torch | this included the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa |
| George Patton | this American General led the troops that liberated Paris from German occupation |
| Battle of the Bulge | the initial success of this German offensive battle was due mainly to the Allies' being caught off guard |
| kamikazes | Japanes suicide pilots |
| Midway | turning point in the war in the Pacific |
| Hiroshima | site the first atomic bomb was dropped on |
| Harry Truman | president who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb |
| Allies | WWII countries that fought with USA and Great Brtiain |
| Axis | WWII countries that fought with Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Holocaust | genocide(killing) committed against the Jewish people by Nazis |
| anti-Semitism | discrimination against Jewish people |
| genocide | wiping out an entire racial or cultural group |
| ghetto | restricted area of European cities that kept Jews separated from others |
| Kristallnacht | "night of broken glass", gangs of Nazis destroyed property of Jews |
| strategy | a plan of action |
| turning point | an event at which a significant event occurs |
| surrender | to officially accept defeat; give up |
| mobilization | operation or movement of resources for a war effort |
| draftee | those who are taken into military service; not volunteer |
| ration | to give out on limited basis |
| inflation | increasing prices when there is more money available than goods to buy |
| cost of living | amount of money necessary to live at a standard level |
| internment | relocation of Japanese Americans to camps in the United States |
| German | These troops marched into Poland in 1939 to start WWII |
| Attack of Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 |
| Japanese | Whose aircraft bombed U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor? |
| President Roosevelt's Quote | "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy..." |
| Hitler | Chose to ignore agreement and invaded Soviet Union |
| D-Day | This invasion of France was the final push to defeat Germany; June 6, 1944 |
| V-E Day | Germany surrenders; "Victory in Europe" |
| "Final Solution" | Germany's goal to r get rid of Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, those wt mental illness/disabilities |
| 12 million | Approximate number of people killed in the Holocaust |
| Jews | Largest group killed in the Holocaust (6 million) |
| Regain control of certain islands | First goal of U.S. in Pacific theater |
| General MacArthur | leader of land forces in the Pacific |
| Admiral Nimitz | Leader of navy forces in the Pacific |
| Destroy Japanese fleet | Second goal of US in the Pacific theater |
| Harry Truman | Became president when Roosevelt died suddenly |
| Manhattan Project | Secret group that worked to develop an atomic bomb |
| Hiroshima/Nagasaki | Destroyed by first two atomic bombs ever used in war |
| Navajo language | Used to create secret code that Japanese never broke |
| War Production Board | Job was to oversee the making of war goods. |
| Office of Price Administration | Job was to set prices on goods to keep inflation down. |
| Japanese Americans | Many were forced into interment camps during WW II |
| winston churchill | prime minister of great britain during WWII |
| emperor hirohito | japanese thought of him as divine |
| douglas macarthur | directed post-war occupation of japan |
| george marshall | proposed a plan that provided $13 bil in relief 2 Europe |
| joseph stalin | leader of soviet union during WWII |
| adolf hitler | nazi dictator known as fuhrer |
| FD Roosevelt | proclaimed Pearl Harbor was a day that will live in infamy |
| benito mussolini | il duce, leader of the first fascist state |
| harry truman | became president when FDR died and decided to use atomic bomb |
| dwight d eisenhower | commander of D-Day invasion |
| fascism | political movement that emphasized autocratic and nationalist policies |
| kamikaze | japanese suicide missions |
| genocide | systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group |
| anti-semitism | hostility towards jews |
| armed aggression | wars of conquest |
| final solution | the use of extermination camps and gas chambers by Nazis against Jews |
| blitzreig | sudden massive attacks or lightning war |
| island-hopping | military strategy used by allies in pacific against japanese |
| August 6 1945 | first atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima |
| Nagasaki | city where 2nd atomic bomb was dropped |
| December 7th 1941 | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
| June 6th 1945 | D-Day, Allies stormed beaches of Normandy |
| United Nations | international peace-keeping organization founded after WWII |
| marxists | social democrats who gained political power during the Russian Revolution subdivisions: bolsheviks and mensheviks |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | peace conference between germany and russia |
| New Economic Policy | launched by Stalin, a compromise with capitalism |
| ultimatum | a set of final conditions |
| Rome-Berlin Axis | alliance before WWII between Italy and Germany |
| Advantages of British in Battle of Britain | tracking system (radar) and decoding machine (ultra) |
| May 8th, 1945 | germans surrendered unconditionally, Victory in Europe, or V-E Day |
