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Chapter 13 WW II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| When Hitler invaded Poland | September 1, 1939 |
| When Pearl Harbor was bombed | December 7, 1941 |
| When the Battle of Midway occured | June 1942 |
| When D-Day occured | June 6, 1944 |
| When V-E occured | May 8, 1945 |
| When Japan surrendered to the Allies | August 14, 1945 |
| Benito Mussolini | New leader for Italy |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of Germany; led Nazi Party |
| Joseph Stalin | The successor who led the communist to takeover Russia |
| Winston Churchill | The new British Prime Minister |
| Hideki Tojo | Japan's leader; organized the attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | American General |
| Erwin Rommel | Germany's General; nickname "The Desert Fox" |
| Douglas MacArthur | Lieutenant Colonel of the Allies |
| Rosie the Riveter | A strong woman that worked hard at an arms factory |
| Luftwaffe | The German Air Force |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan, and their Allies |
| "The Big Three" | Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin |
| What did Jonas Salk develop | The first Polio Vaccine |
| The "Final Solution" | When Nazi Leaders set out to murder every Jew under German rule |
| Appeasement | The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace |
| Blitzkrieg | A military campaign that Germany launched against Belgium; a new way of fighting which means "lightning war" |
| Lend-Lease Act | A law that allowed the U.S. to ship arms and supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis Powers |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | The two places where the first atomic bombs had been dropped by the Allies |
| Navajo Indians | The people's language that was used for codes in the U.S; They were code breakers. |
| Fascism | A political movement that preaches an extreme form of patriotism and nationalism |
| Holocaust | When the Nazis killed about 6 million Jews |
| Munich Agreement | Made the British and French avoid war in Germany's demand and rule |
| Axis Countries | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Germany's leader | Adolf Hitler |
| Italy's leader | Benito Mussolini |
| Japan's leader | Hideki Tojo |
| Allied Powers Leaders | Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin |
| Where D-Day was held | France |
| Where Battle of Stalingrad was held | Soviet Union |
| Where Battle of Normandy was held | Germany |
| Where Battle of the Bulge was held | Germany |
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