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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
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World War II
- SUDETENLAND
- GENERALERWINROMMEL
- KAMIKAZE
- MANHATTANPROJECT
- NATO
- VEDAY
- BLITZKRIEG
- NAGASAKI
- NEUTRALITYACTS
- VICHY
- DDAY
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- LUFTWAFFE
- DUNKIRK
- NUREMBERG
- COLDWAR
- ISLANDHOPPING
- HIROSHIMA
- AIRCRAFTCARRIER
- ROSIETHERIVETER
- STALINGRAD
- TRUMANDOCTRINE
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