| A | B |
|---|
| Invasion of Poland | Marks beginning of war in 1939 |
| Manchuria | Invaded by Japan, US issues Stimson Doctrine |
| Pearl Harbor | Dec 7, 1941 next day US declares war |
| Island Hopping | American strategy in the Pacific |
| El Alamein | Turning point in Africa |
| Stalingrad | Turning point in Europe (Russia) |
| Kristallnacht | Night of broken glass destroyed Jewish businesses |
| Non-aggression pact | Agreement between Hitler and Stalin in 1939 |
| Munich Conference | Appeasement |
| Blitzkrieg | Lightning War-German strategy |
| Stalin | Soviet Union |
| Mussolini | Italy |
| Churchill | Great Britain |
| Truman | Dropped Atomic bomb |
| Lend-lease | Aid to Britain and France |
| Axis | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| D-Day | Allied landing in Normandy,France |
| Eisenhower | US General- D-Day |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Targets of Atomic Bomb |
| Manhattan Project | Prep for atomic bomb |
| Navajo | Codetalkers-Iwo Jima |
| Nisei | American born Japanese |
| Koramatsu v. US | Supreme Court Case states internment camps are constitutional |
| Nuremberg Laws | Restricts undesirables |
| Nuremberg Trials | Nazi War Criminals tried |
| Genocide | Systematic killing of a race |
| Battle of the Bulge | Hitler's last ditch effort |
| Rosie the Riveter | Women work the factories |
| Tuskegee Airmen | African American Unit |
| Battle of Britain | Luftwaffe v. RAF |
| Bataan Death March | American prisoners of war in Pacific |
| Geneva Convention | Rules for treatment of prisoners |
