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| Blitzkrieg | Kind of warfare emphasizing rapid, mechanized movement. |
| Fascism | Political philosophy that places the importance of the nation over that of the individual. |
| Allies | In World War II, the alliance of Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and other nations. |
| Axis Powers | In World War II, the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan. |
| Appeasement | Policy of giving in to someone's demands in order to preserve peace. |
| Lend-Lease Act | 1941 law that authorized the President to provide aid to any nations whose defense he believed was vital to American security. |
| Totalitarian | Describing a form of government that controls every aspect of its citizens' lives. |
| GI | Term used for American soldiers in World War II, derived from "Government Issued". |
| Carpet Bombing | Method of aerial bombing in which large numbers of bombs are dropped over a wide area. |
| Yalta Conference | 1945 meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt in which the leaders discussed plans for the postwar world. |
| Atlantic Charter | Agreement signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in 1941 outlining the two nations' war aims. |
| D-Day | Code name for the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944. |
| Bataan Death March | Brutal march of American and Filipino prisoners by Japanese soldiers in 1942. |
| Kamikaze | In World War II, a Japanese suicide plane. |
| Manhattan Project | Secret American program during World War II to develop an atomic bomb. |
| Kristallnacht | The name given to the night of violence on November 9,1938, when the Nazi storm troopers attacked Jews in Germany and Austria. |
| Anti-Semitism | Hostility or discrimination toward Jews. |
| War Refugee Board | Federal agency created in 1944 to try to help people threatened with murder by the Nazis. |
| Death Camp | In World War II, a German camp created solely for mass murder. |
| Holocaust | Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all European Jews. |
| Wannsee Conference | 1942 conference in Germany concerning the plan to murder European Jews. |
| Concentration Camp | Place where prisoners of war and other prisoners are confined, usually under harsh conditions. |
