| A | B |
|---|
| Axis | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Allies | England, France, Russia, and the United States |
| Lend-Lease Act | Gave the president permission to give supplies to Allied nations during World War II. |
| Atlantic Charter | Agreement that outlined the ideal postwar world at the end of World War II. |
| appeasement | the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace |
| Manhattan Project | Secret program authorizing the creation of the atomic bomb |
| D-Day | Name given to the Allied invasion of France |
| Hiroshima | city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped |
| rationing | a system used to allocate resources during a time of war |
| Battle of Midway | The U.S. Navy destroyed the Japanese fleet in the Pacific |
| Battle of the Bulge | the Allies successfully turned back the last German offensive of the war |
| Executive Order 9066 | authorized the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to interment camps within the U.S. during the war |
