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Vocab Wrds Ch. 14
WWII
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Totalitarianism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). |
| Anti-Semitric | Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group |
| Spanish Civil War | The Spanish Civil War(1936-39), was a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country. |
| Appeasement | Is a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor. |
| Anschluss | The annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938. |
| Munich Pact | The pact signed by Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy on Sept. 29, 1938, to settle the crisis over Czechoslovakia, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany |
| Blitzkrieg | A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces. |
| Axis Powers | The coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II. |
| Allies | The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). |
| Neutrality Act of 1939 | Allowed the supplying of rations and ammunition to belligerents on a "cash and carry" basis. |
| Tripartite Pact | The Tripartite Pact was a treaty signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27th, 1940. |
| Lend-Lease Act | Empowered the president to sell, transfer, lend, or lease war supplies—such as equipment, food, and weapons—to American allies during World War II. |
| Atlantic Charter | Was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. |
| Pearl Harbor | Is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. |
| WAC | They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. |
| Bataan Death March | Was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. |
| Battle of Coral Sea | Was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. |
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