| A | B |
|---|
| Allies | U.S., Great Britain, France & Soviet Union |
| Anschluss | the union/joining of Nazi Germany & Austria (1938) this brought the German speaking nations together |
| Atlantic Charter | it helped set the end results of World War II - no territorial gains by US or Great Britain, self-determination for all nations - disarmament + an association of nations |
| August 6, 1945 | Hiroshima- atomic bombing of |
| August 9, 1945 | Nagasaki - atomic bombing of |
| Auschwitz | a concentration camp - the MOST infamous one |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Austria, Italy & Japan |
| Battle of Stalingrad | decisive turning point of World War II for Nazi Germany in the east (USSR) |
| Black Shirts | Mussolini's secret police |
| blitzkrieg | Nazi Germany lightning war across Poland |
| Casablanca Conference | 1943: Churchill & FDR decide to finish fightiing in Europe before focusing on Pacific/Japan |
| cash & carry | World War II US foreign policy: US will sell goods to countries at war BUT they have to pay & transport the arms |
| Chinese Revolution | 1920s - to 1940s: battle for control of China by Mao Zedong & Jiang Jieshu |
| Concentration Camps | where Hitler tried to eliminate the Jews |
| Dachau | a concentration camp in southern Germany near Munich |
| December 7, 1941 | the bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| fascism | a form of govt. stressing "Nation before the individual" |
| Good Neighbor Policy | under FDR - unity in Latin America, US & everyone stays out each others affairs |
| Hiroshima | August 6, 1945 |
| Nagasaki | August 9, 1945 |
| Holocaust | summarizes what Hitler did to the Jews |
| island hopping | US policy during World War II in the Pacific |
| Jewish Ghetto | Warsaw, Poland during World War II - Jews were kept pinned up there |
| Korematsu v. United States (1944) | Supreme Court case: US Govt. has right to confine/intern Americans during war if feels they pose a threat |
