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NS2
Maritime History - Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reparations | compensation a defeated country pays to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war; monetary or other compensation payable by a country to an individual for a historical wrong perpetrated upon their forebears |
| League of Nations | an organization in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure peace and security for all |
| Washington Naval Limitation Treaty or (Five-Power Treaty) | was signed after several weeks of negotiations, US and Britain having five tons of battleships per 3 tons for the Japanese. The treaty included a ten year moratorium in construction of capital ships ( battleships and battle cruisers) |
| Roman-Berlin Axis | In 1936 the Nazi Hitler and the Fascist Mussolini allied themselves in |
| Amphibious doctrine | emphasized the concepts of command and control, close up air support, naval gunfire support, patrol tactics, and the development of new amphibian vehicles and landing craft |
| logistic support system | with carriers, their aircraft, and amphibious forces working far from established home bases, one had to be devised that would keep these forces in operation |
| Seabees | The Naval Construction Battalions were formed for the building of new bases when a new area was captured by the Marine amphibious forces |
| appeasement | a foreign policy of maintain peace by making concessions to aggressors |
| Allies | Britain and France nicknamed that |
| Neutrality Patrol | with the expressed purpose of reporting and tracking belligerent ships and aircraft approaching the United States or the West Indies. Roosevelt actually meant for it to prepare the US for the war he "knew" was coming |
| Lend-Lease Act | allowing the United States to "loan" war materiél and war ships, warplanes, and weapons to the United Kingdom, Free France, China, and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations. |
| ABC-1 Staff Agreement | the agreement virtually put the U.S. Navy in the war on the side of the Allies, since by its terms the Navy would be sharing escort duties for transatlantic convoys to Britain. |
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