| A | B |
|---|
| Dictator | Someone who has complete control of a country |
| Mussolini | Dictator of Italy |
| Stalin | Dictator of Soviet Union |
| Hitler | Dictator of Germany |
| Gestapo | Secret police of Hitler |
| Sept. 1, 1939 | Day WW II started |
| Poland | Country Hitler invaded to start Germany |
| Roosevelt | President of U.S. during most of war |
| Truman | President which made the decision to drop the atomic bomb |
| Manhatten Project | Project to build atomic bomb |
| island hopping | strategy to defeat Japanese |
| Axis powers | Italy, Germany, Japan |
| Allies | U.S., France,Britain,Russia,China |
| Final Solution | Plan to kill the Jews |
| Kristallnacht | Night of broken glass |
| Anti-semitism | Hatred towards Jews |
| Nuremberg laws | laws to discriminate against Jews |
| Star of David | ID worn by Jews |
| Holocaust | destruction of the Jewish race |
| V-E day | Victory in Europe day May 8,1945 |
| V-J day | Victory in Japan Aug. 14, 1945 |
| Eisenhower | leader of troops in Europe and D-Day |
| D- Day | Allies invade France to take back Europe |
| rationing | when supplies are limited |
| Selective Service | Draft system to register men for the armed services |
| Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 | Dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagisaki |
| Yamamoto | Designed attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Dec. 7, 1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Chancellor | Title given to Hitler |
| Midway | Turning point in the Pacific |
| Stalingrad | Turning point in Europe |
| El Alimein | Turning point in Africa |
| Blitzkrieg | Lightening warfare used by Germans |
| Munich Conference | Britain leader Chamberlain allows Hitler to take Czech. |
| Churchill | Leader of Britain during most of war |
| Battle of Britain | Largest air battle of all time |
| Nisei | American born Japanese |
| Swastika | Sign of Nazi party |
| Operation Overlord | codename for D-day invasion |
| Consiencious Objector | Refuses to fight because of religious beliefs |
| Genocide | Killing of a race |
| 60 million | Number of people killed during World War II. |
| Soviet-Nazi Pact | Agreement between Germany and Soviet Union not to attack each other . |
| Ethiopia | Country attacked by Italy at start of war |
| Manchuria | Country attacked by Japan at start of war |
