| A | B |
|---|
| communism | govt control of private property and emphasis on industry |
| dictator | a person who rules every aspect of other people's lives |
| Blitkreig | lightening war |
| Nazi | followers of Hitler |
| Fascism | form of government supported by Mussolini |
| appeasement | to give into even when it is wrong to |
| D- Day | Allied invasion of France |
| Holocaust | extermination of the Jews |
| rationing | program used on the Homefront |
| Nisei | Americans of Japanese ancestry |
| VE Day | Victory in Europe |
| Mein Kampf | Hitlers autobiography |
| Island Hopping | strategy of the US in the Pacific |
| Steamrolling | Strategy of the Japanese in the Pacific |
| Draft | selecting of citizens to serve in the military |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Allied Powers | France, Great Britain and China |
| Enola Gay | Airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb |
| Sept. 2 1939 | Germany invades Poland on this date |
| Dec. 7 1941 | Date that Pearl Harbor is attacked |
| June 6, 1944 | Date that the Allies tried to take back France |
| Ethiopia | African country invaded by Italy |
| Operation Overlord | codename given to the allied invasion at Normandy |
| Harry Truman | became President when FDR died |
| Auschwitz | Nazi death camp |
| Kamikaze | "Divine Wind" |
