| A | B |
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| Neutrality Acts | policies that prohibited the United States from loaning money or selling weapons to countries at war |
| Appeasement | British and French policy during the pre-World War II era in which the governments did not try and stop Hitler and others from taking foreign lands |
| Blitzkrieg | German war tactic; “lightening war” |
| Soviet Non-Aggression Pact | signed in 1939; this was an agreement between Germany & the Soviet Union. Stipulations included not invading each other’s country and splitting up Poland |
| Lend-Lease Act | US act that supplied United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France, and other nations with war materials and approximately $50 billion |
| European Theater | term referring to the fighting in Europe lasting from September 1, 1939 (Germany’s invasion of Poland) to May 8, 1945 (Germany’s unconditional surrender) |
| Pacific Theater | term referring to the fighting that took place in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, Great Britain, Netherlands, and France |
| Island Hopping | US strategy of crossing the Pacific by a series of shorter journeys between islands in order to save American lives and avoid islands heavily protected by the Japanese |
| Civilians | Non-military citizens; most people who were killed in WWII were civilians |
| Famine | Widespread scarcity of food causing malnutrition, starvation, and death |
| Homefront | Term given to describe civilians when their country is at war |
