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WORLD HIST UNIT 9

World War II

TermDefinition
Blitzkrieg "Lighting war", type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland
Invasion an attack by an armed force to conquer another country
Infrastructure the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Nazi Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland
North African Theater Allies made plans to attack North Africa instead under control of Patton. Axis forces there were in control of Erwin Rommel "Desert Fox". Allies drove Germany out of North Africa
European Theater Fighting that took place on the continent of Europe against Hitler and Mussolini
Pearl Harbor Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet destroying 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft. American losses were 3000
Infantry soldiers who fight on foot
D-Day Successful invasion by allies in Normandy, France to push back the German occupation
Battle at Midway A pivotal naval battle fought and victory by Americans halted Japanese advances in the Pacific
Sterilization Complete destruction of all forms of microbial life causing people to not be able to reproduce
Euthanasia the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing
Genocide Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
Concentration Camps prison camps used under the rule of Hitler, Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately
Atomic Bomb bomb dropped by an American bomber on Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroying both cities
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