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Ch.18 World War 2
BJU Ch.18, World Studies
Term | Definition |
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Francisco Franco | Fascist dictator of Spain during WWII |
Franklin Roosevelt | President of the U.S. during WWII |
Hirohito | Emperor of Japan during WWII |
Neville Chamberlain | English Prime Minister who gave in to Hitler's demands |
Douglas MacArthur | Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific |
Dwight Eisenhower | American General that led troops in North Africa and Europe |
Erwin Rommel | German General who rescued Italians in North Africa |
Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister during WWII |
Jackson Pollock | developed abstract expressionistic painting |
Hideki Tojo | Japanese General who strengthened Japan's military |
Bernard Montgomery | British general that defended Egypt |
Harry Truman | U.S. President that ordered the atomic bombs be dropped on Japan |
Invading Manchuria | Japan demonstrated aggression toward China when it invaded Manchuria in 1931. |
Treaty of Versailles | The War Guilt Clause blamed Germany and its allies for World War I; Germany could NOT form an alliance with Austria |
Third Reich | Hitler's term for the German Empire |
Appeasement | the practice of avoiding conflict by making concessions |
Luftwaffe | German Air Force |
May 8, 1945 | Victory in Europe (V-E Day) |
September 2, 1945 | Japan surrenders, Victory in Japan (V-J Day) |
June 6, 1944 | Ally invasion of France; Also known as "Invasion of Normandy" or "D-Day" |
September 1, 1939 | Germany invades Poland, beginning of WWII |
Holocaust | the Nazis killed over one million Jews at the concentration camp in Auschwitz |
Atomic Bombs | Two atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan by the Allies |
Existentialism | a philosophy that stresses each individual's uniqueness and man's ability to make free choices |
World War II | the name of the war that lasted from September 1939-September 1945; spread over 3 continents including Africa, Europe, and Asia |
Axis Powers | main countries were Germany, Italy, and Japan |
London | Germany bombed London in preparation for a land invasion |
December 7, 1941 | Japan bombs Pearl Harbor causing United States to enter WWII |
Miracle at Dunkirk | Low fog, rain, and low clouds prevented the German Air Force from bombing Dunkirk allowing thousands of British and French soldiers to escape across the English Channel to England |
Russian Winter | Russia's severe winter helped protect it from German domination in 1941; the Germans were forced to retreat |
Soviet Union | the Soviet Union (Russia) dominated and seized most of Eastern Europe after WWII |
Pact of Steel | the military alliance between Hitler and Mussolini, signed May of 1939 |
Cold War | political rivalry between the United States and the Soviety Union that occurred immediately following WWII |
Results of WWII | Europe lost its influence in the New World; Britain and France lost "super power" status; man's sinful nature was revealed; materialism increased once again |