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Axis Aggression

TermDefinition
appeasement giving in to aggressive demands in order to avoid war.
Winston Churchill British prime minister; he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II.
Axis Powers the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II.
nonaggression pact an agreement between nations to not attack one another.
blitzkrieg a German word meaning "lightning war"; a fast, forceful style of fighting used by Germans in World War II.
Allies the alliance of Britain, France, and Russia in World War II; joined by the United States after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Battle of Britain three month air battle between Germany and Great Britain fought over Great Britain during World War II; Britain's victory forestalled a German invasion.
Hideki Tojo Japanese nationalist and general; he took control of Japan during World War II. He was later tried and executed for war crimes.
isolationism staying out of the affairs and wars of other nations; the position initially held by the United States at the beginning of World War II.
Erwin Rommel German general during World War II; he commanded the Afrika Korps and was nicknamed the Desert Fox for his leadership.
Battle of El Alamein World War II battle in which Britain won a decisive victory over Germany on Egypt, securing the Suez Canal.
Dwight D. Eisenhower general; thirty-fourth president of the United States; as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, he led the Allied invasions of North America and of France(D-Day).
Siege of Leningrad Nazi army's unsuccessful attempt to capture the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union during World War II; as many as 1 million civilians perished during the siege.
Battle of Stalingrad World War II battle between invading German forces and Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad, a city on the Volga River; each side sustained hundreds of thousands of casualties; Germany's defeat marked a turning point in the war.
Douglas MacArthur American general, he commanded U.S. troops in the southwest Pacific during World War II and administered Japan after the war ended. He later commanded UN forces at the beginning of the Korean War, until he was removed by President Truman.
Bataan Death March a forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II.
Battle of Midway World War II naval battle fought in the Pacific; the Americans broke the Japanese code and knew the date and location of the attack, setting the stage for a major American victory.
Battle Guadalcanal World War II battle in the Pacific; it represented the first Allied counter attack against Japanese forces; Allied victory forced Japanese forces to abandon the island.
kamikazes in World War II, Japanese pilots who loaded their aircraft with bombs and crashed them into enemy ships.
deported forced to leave a country.
Final Solution the Nazi Party's plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union.
ghetto an area where minority groups live.
concentration camps detention sites created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and , in some cases, kill civilians.
Holocaust the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II.
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