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Appeasement: Policy of giving into an aggressor's demands in order to keep peace
Pacifism: Opposition to all war
Neutrality Acts: Acts passed by the U.S. congress from 1935-1939 that aimed to keep the U.S from being involved in WWII
Axis Powers: a group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, Allies in WWII
Francisco Franco: Spanish General
Anschluss: Union of Austria and Germany
Sudetenland: A region of western Czechoslovakia
Nazi Soviet Pact: A agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939
Blitzkrieg: Lighting war
Luftwaffe: German air force
Dunkirk: Port in France from which 300,000 allied troops were evacuated
Vichy: City in central France where a puppet state governed unoccupied France and the French colonies
General Erwin Rommel: Desert Fox; German field marshal
Concentration Camps: Detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state
Holocaust: The systematic genocide of about 6 million Jews by the Nazi's during WWII
Lend Lease Act: Acts passed in congress by the U.S. congress in 1941
Rosie the Riveter: Popular name for who worked in war industries during WWII
Aircraft Carrier: Ships that accommodate the taking off and landing on airplanes, and transport aircrafts
Dwight Eisenhower: 34th President
Stalingrad: Now Volgograd; a city in SW Russia that was the site of a fierce battle during WWII
D Day: Code name fore June 6th 19l44
Yalta Conference: Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
V E Day: Victory in Europe Day
Bataan Death March: The forced march of Filipino and American Prisoners of war.
Douglas MacArthur: 5 star general during WWII
Island Hopping: During WWII allied stagey of recapturing some Japanese held islands while by passing others
Kamikaze: Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission
Manhattan Project: Code name for the project to build the first atomic bomb during WWII
Hiroshima: City in japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped during WWII
Nagasaki: A costal city in southern japan on the island of Kyushu
Nuremberg: German city where Hitler stayed Nazi rallies in 1930
UnitedNations: International organization established after WWII
ColdWar: A state of tension and hostility between nations allied with the U.S
TrumanDoctrine: United states policy, established in 1947, of trying to contain the spread of communism
MarshalPlan: Massive aid package offered by the U.S. to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII
NATO: A military alliance between several North Atlantic States
WarsawPact: Mutual defense alliances between the S.U. and 7 satellites in Eastern Europe set up in 1955
World War II
A region of western Czechoslovakia
Desert Fox; German field marshal
Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission
Code name for the project to build the first atomic bomb during WWII
A military alliance between several North Atlantic States
Victory in Europe Day
Lighting war
A costal city in southern japan on the island of Kyushu
Acts passed by the U.S. congress from 1935-1939 that aimed to keep the U.S from being involved in WWII
City in central France where a puppet state governed unoccupied France and the French colonies
Code name fore June 6th 19l44
International organization established after WWII
German air force
Port in France from which 300,000 allied troops were evacuated
German city where Hitler stayed Nazi rallies in 1930
A state of tension and hostility between nations allied with the U.S
During WWII allied stagey of recapturing some Japanese held islands while by passing others
City in japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped during WWII
Ships that accommodate the taking off and landing on airplanes, and transport aircrafts
Popular name for who worked in war industries during WWII
Now Volgograd; a city in SW Russia that was the site of a fierce battle during WWII
United states policy, established in 1947, of trying to contain the spread of communism