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Chapter28 Definition
Key Terms And People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appeasement | Giving in to aggresive demands in order to aviod war. |
| Winston Churchill | British prime minister, he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britian through World War II. |
| Axis Powers | The alliance of Germany,Italy, and Japan in World War II. |
| Nonaggression pact | An agreement between nations not to attack one another. |
| Blitzkrieg | A German word meaning " lightning war"; a fast,forceful style of fightning used by Germans in World War II. |
| Allies | The alliance of Britian,France,and Russia in World War II; joined by the United States after the Japanesse bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. |
| Battle of Britian | Three month air battle between Germany and Great Britian fought over Great Britian during World War II; Britian's victory forestalled a German invasion. |
| Hideki Tojo | Japanese nationlist and general;he took control of Japan during World War II. He was later tried and excuted for war crimes. |
| Isolationism | Staying out of the affairs and wars of other nations;the position intially 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 | |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| Siege of Leningrad | |
| Battle of Stalingrad | |
| Dogulas MacArthur | |
| Bataan Death March | |
| Battle of Midway | |
| Battle of Guadalcanal | |
| Kamikazes | |
| Deported | |
| Final Solution | |
| Ghetto | |
| Concentration Camps | |
| Holocaust | |
| D-Day | |
| V-E Day | |
| Battle of Iwo Jima | |
| Battle of Okinawa | |
| Harry S Truman | |
| Hirohito | |
| V-J Day | |
| Yalta Conference | |
| United Nations | |
| Potsdam Conference |