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Unit 5
History WWII
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| appeasement | policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace |
| anschluss | union of Germany and Austria in 1933 |
| blitzkrieg | 'lightning war' that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
| atlantic charter | a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and the United States during WWII that endorsed self-determination and an international system of general security |
| totalitarianism | a theory of government where a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people |
| tripartite pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII |
| WAC women's army corps | US army group established during WWII so that women could serve in noncombat roles |
| yalta Conference | 1945 strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin |
| tuskegee airmen | african american squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over Europe during WWII |
| rationing | government-controlled limits on the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy during wartime |
| 442nd regimental combat team | WWII unit made up of Japanese American volunteers |
| genocide | willful annihilation of a racial, political or cultural group |
| war refugee board | US government agency founded in 1944 to save Eastern European Jews |
| united nations | organization founded in 1945 to promote peace |
| island hopping | WWII strategy that involved seizing selected Japanese-held islands in the Pacific while bypassing others |
| 'Europe first' strategy | Hitler was seen as a bigger threat so most resources were sent to Europe Japan was secondary |
| Joseph Stalin | leader of the soviet union, communist, axis power until Germany invaded, became an ally |
| Winston Churchill | prime minister of great britain, ally, didn't want to open a second front, |
| Adolf Hitler | leader of germany, part of Nazi party, started WWII with the invasion of Poland, tried to take over the world |
| Douglas MacArthur | US general, fought in the pacific oversaw the writing of Japan's new constitution |
| Hideki Tojo | leader of japan, tried to control the pacific, planned the attack on pearl harbor |
| Philip Randolph | african american leader that fought for victory against discrimination, organized protest marches |
| Erwin Rommel | german general, led his troops against americans at Kasserine Pass, plotted to overthrow Hitler, killed himself to avoid a trial |
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