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World War II

Vocabulary GCA WHII

TermDefinitionTime Period
World War II The Second World War World War II
Agression of Germany, Italy, Japan Cause of WWII; Germany gains territory, Italy invades Ethiopia, Japan invades Manchuria, and China World War II
Failure of the Treaty of Versailles Cause of WWII; fails to fix problems of WWI, punishes Germany World War II
Weakness of the League of Nations Cause of WWII; could not stop aggressive dictators World War II
Appeasement Cause of WWII; means that you give in to a bullys demand World War II
Isolationism in USA and Europe Cause of WWII; US and Europe don't want war, so they are ignoring it World War II
Invasion of Poland Germany invades; beginning of WWII World War II
Fall of France Germany invades france through belgium, hitler launches blitzkrieg, attack on norway belgium, denmark, and the neverlands World War II
Battle of Britain (operation sea lion) Hitler's plan to throw bombs at Britain( all in the air World War II
Operation Barbarossa German invasion of the soviet union, one of hitlers mistakes World War II
Pearl Harbor surprise attack by japan, led by Tojo World War II
D-Day june 6, 1944; allies invaded southern France World War II
Hiroshima Nagasaki atomic bombs dropped here; 100 million degrees, bomb is called the "little boy" World War II
Blitzkrieg "lightning war", tactic based on speed and surprise World War II
Luftwaffle german air force World War II
Vichy Regime German controlled government of france World War II
Rosie the Riveter cultural icon of the U.S. showing Women's efforts in the war World War II
V-E Day victory in Europe day World War II
Kamikaze a japanese aircraft that makes a suicidal crash on an enemy World War II
Manhattan Project the code name for the american project to develop an atomic bomb in 1942 World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt US president during world war 2 World War II
Harry Truman US president who decides to use atomic bombs World War II
Dwight D. Eisenhower led british and US troops to victory in north africa, defeated italian forces by crossing the mediterranean sea World War II
Douglas MacArthur US General in charge of the War in the Pacific, makes Japan sign paper to surrender World War II
Winston Churchill British Prime Minister World War II
The “Big Three” Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin World War II
“New Order” hitler creates the concentration camps, hitlers plan to get rid of the jewish race, genocide World War II
Genocide mass murder; purposeful destruction, based on race, politics, religion, and culture World War II
Holocaust the killing of 6 million Jews during WWII World War II
Anti-Semitism against jews World War II
Final Solution code name for Hitler's plan to destroy the Jews World War II
1939 – 1945 World War II dates World War II
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