| A | B |
|---|
| Hitler | leader of Nazi Party |
| Mussolini | dictator of Italy |
| appeasement | giving into an aggressor in order to keep peace |
| Munich Pact | agreement to give Hitler the Sudetenland in exchange for peace |
| blitzkreig | German lightning warfare |
| D-Day | Allied invasion in France-June 6, 1944 |
| Hiroshima | city where first atomc bomb was dropped |
| Truman | president that made the decision to drop the atomic bomb |
| FDR | president for majority of the war |
| December 7, 1941 | attack on Pearl Harbor- " a date of infamy" |
| Axis Powers | Japan, Germany, Italy |
| Stalin | dictator of Soviet Union |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, USA, China |
| Eisenhower | commander of Allied forces in Europe |
| Hirohito | emperor of Japan |
| Lend-Lease Act | allowing the US to sell supplies to the Allies on a "cash and carry" basis |
| German invasion of Poland 9/1/39 | start of WWII |
