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chapter 28

vocab

TermDefinition
appeasement giving into aggressive demands in order to avoid war
Winston Churchill British prime minister; he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain into WWII
Axis Powers the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan in WWII
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 WWII
Allies the alliance of Britain, France and Russia in WWII; joined by the United States after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
Battle of Britain 3 month air battle between Germany and Great Britain fought over Great Britain during WWII, Britain victory forestalled a German invasion
Hideki Tojo Japanese nationalist and general; he took control of Japan during World War 2. 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 2.
Erwin Rommel German general during World War 2; he commanded the Africa Korps and was nicknamed the Desert Fox for his leadership.
Battle of El Alamein key battle in North Africa won by the British in October 1942
Dwight D Eisenhower commander of American forces, defeated Rommel in Africa
Siege of Leningrad German blockade in the winter of 1941–42 which resulted in the deaths of one million Russian civilians
Battle of Stalingrad WWII battle between invading German forces and Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad, a city on the Volga River; each side sustain hundred of casualties; Germany defeat marked a turning point of the war
Douglas MacArthur commander of American forces in the Pacific
Bataan Death March brutal forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by their Japanese captors
Battle of Midway WWII 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 of Guadalcanal WWII battle in the pacific; it represented the first Allied counterattack against Japanese forces; Allied victory forced Japanese forces to abandon the island
Kamikazes any Japanese pilot who loaded his plane with explosives and crashed into an Allied ship, sacrificing his own life
deported forced to leave a country
Final Solution deliberate, mass execution of Jews
ghetto confined areas within a city
concentration camps labor camps meant to hold the people Hitler called enemies of the state
Holocaust campaign of mass murder that the Nazis waged against the Jews
D-day June 6, 1944, the day Allied forces invaded France on the beaches of Normandy
V-E Day Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, the day Allied victory was declared
Battle of Iwo Jima WWII battle between Japanese forces and invading U.S. troops
Battle of Okinawa WWII victory for the Allied troops that resulted in the death of almost all of the Japanese defenders; the battle claimed 12,000 American lives
Harry S Truman U.S. President who made the decision to use the atomic bomb
Hirohito Japanese emperor who surrendered to Allies
V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II
Yalta Conference meeting held by the Allied nations to plan postwar Europe
United Nations international organization formed in 1945 to maintain world peace and encouragement cooperation among nations
Potsdam Conference meeting of Allied leaders in which tension between the Soviet Union and the other Allies surfaced
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