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History - Chapter 10
VOCAB
| facism | aggressive nationalist philosophy emphasizing state over the individual. |
| Nazi Party | national socialist german workers party; fascist party of germany that assumes control over the country. |
| Lebensraum | idea that germans should be allowed to settle all over Europe by clearing Europe of less desirable people according to Nazi ideology. |
| Anschluss | Nazi annexation of Austria. |
| Neville Chamberlain | Prime minister of great britain who followed policy of appeasement before ww2. |
| Munich Pact | agreement between britian and france to allow germany to have the sudetenland in return for agreeing to end the aggression. |
| appeasement | policy by western powers during ww2 to give into aggressors demands in order to keep peace. |
| blitzkrieg | "lightning war" - german offensive strategy that encircled enemies and captured large amounts of soldiers. |
| Miracle at Dunkirk | rescue of british soldiers by british citizens before being captured by germany |
| Winston Churchill | prime minister of britian during most of ww2. |
| Atlantic Charter | agreement between the us and britain over democratic post-war world. |
| embargo | ban on exports |
| Pearl Harbor | us naval base in hawaii that was surprised attacked by japan |
| Hideki Tojo | militaristic prime minister of japan during ww2. |
| Isoroku Yamamoto | admiral of japanese navy in charge of planning attacks on pearl harbor and midway islands. |
| cash & carry | policy that any country buying goods or arms from the US. |
| isolationism | belief of the American public that the US should stay out of foreign affairs. |
| internationalism | belief that it was vital to the US defense to play an active role in foreign affairs. |
| Lend-Lease Act | law that allowed the US to loan money to countries who were "vital to the defense of the US." |
| Franklin D Roosevelt | president of the US during WW2. |
| Selective Service Act | law that set up military service through a draft. |
| Double V Campaign | meant to encourage af am to join the military to beat racism of the nazis and beat racism at home. |
| Benjamin O. Davis | highest ranking af am officer during ww2. |
| George C. Marshall | chief of staff of US army. |
| Cost-plus system | allowed the us to produce military goods quickly by having the government pay for cost of production and allowing businesses a share of the profit. |
| Rosie the Riveter | character representation of women working in war industries during ww2. |
| Liberty Ship | cargo ship that was mass produced during ww2 to get supplies from the us to europe. |
| rationing | limiting consumption of materials and foods to ensure enough is available for fighting the war. |
| George Patton | US general leading the north african campaign. |
| Erwin Rommel | "desert fox" German general in charge of german afrika korps. |
| Dwight Eisenhower | US general supreme commander of the allied forces. |
| Battle of Kasserine Pass | 1st battle between the US and germany. |
| Battle of Stalingrad | turning point of war in europe; germans surrounded surrender. |
| D-Day | invasion by allied forces through the beaches of normandy opening up a western front in france. |
| Operation Overlord | planning and action of the invasion of normandy or d-day. |
| Operation Barbarossa | invasion of the soviet union by germany in june 1941. |
| Bataan Death March | brutal 65 mile march of American and Filipino POW's following the surrender of the Philippines |
| Chester Nimitz | admiral of U.S. Pacific Navy |
| Douglas MacArthur | Commander of U.S. Army in the Pacific |
| Battle of the Midway | turning point of the war in the Pacific where the U.S. ambushed the Japanese Navy destroying 4 aircraft carriers |
| island-hopping | U.S. offensive strategy in the Pacific avoiding inferior islands in favor of key strategic islands |
| amphtrac | amphibious landing craft with tracks like a tractor |
| kamikaze | Japanese suicide plane/pilot |
| Holocaust | genocide of europes jewish population by nazi germany during ww2 |
| St. Louis | ship carrying jewish refugees that was turned away by cuba and the us. |
| Nuremberg Laws | law stripping jew of germany citizenship and denying marriage between jews and germans |
| Kristallnacht | night of broken glass, riots and attacks on jewish people, homes, businesses, and synagogues by the german sa. |
| Concentration camp | nazi labor camp for political prisoners and people the nazis considered inferior. |
| Death camp | nazi camp used to exterminate people they consider inferior especially jews. |
| Einsatzgruppen | mobile killing units of nazi germany following the military campaigns. |
| V-E Day | marked the end of the war in europe (victory in europe) |
| V-J Day | marked the end of the war over japan (victory over in japan) |
| Unconditional surrender | giving in to an enemy with no negotiations or no terms being granted. |
| Robert J. Oppenheimer | lead physicist pm the manhattan project. |
| Leo Szilard & Enrico Fermi | created the world's first nuclear reactor |
| Manhattan Project | set up to build a weapon capable of mass destruction nu splitting an atom. |
| United Nations | peacekeeping organization set up after ww2 consisting of nationals all over the world. |
| Causes of Facism 1 | Worldwide economic depression |
| Causes of Facism 2 | Treaty of versailles |
| 4 Freedoms 1 | Fear |
| 4 Freedoms 2 | Worship |
| 4 Freedoms 3 | Want |
| 4 Freedoms 4 | Speech |
| Neutrality Acts | 1936-1939 |
| Selective Service Act | Sept. 16, 1940 |
| Lend-Lease Act | March 11, 1941 |
| Pearl Harbor | Sep. 1941 |
| FDR issues a "shoot on sight" order on German Submarines in the Atlantic. | Aug. 14, 1941 |
| The United States issues an embargo on oil and gasoline to Japan. | Aug. 1, 1941 |
| FDR and Churchill meet to discuss postwar plans for the world and trade information. | Dec. 7, 1941 |
| The U.S. declares war on Japan. | Dec. 8, 1941 |
| Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. | Dec. 11, 1941 |
| USA | End fascist aggression and unconditional surrender from Axis powers. |
| Great Britian | End fascist aggression and unconditional surrender from Axis powers. |
| Soviet Union | Defeat and punish Germany. |
| Germay | Create European empire and create more room for Germans by eliminating "inferior" peoples according to the Nazi Party. |
| Italy | Create a Mediterranean Empire like the old Roman Empire. |
| Japan | Create a Pacific empire and be the dominant force in Asia and the Pacific. |
| German invasion of Poland | Sept. 1, 1939 |
| U.S. Declares War on Japan | Dec. 8, 1941 |
| Battle of The Midway | June 4-7, 1942 |
| V-E Day | May 8, 1945 |
| A-bomb dropped - Hiroshima & Nagasaki | Aug. 6 & 9, 1945 |
| Japan attacks Pearl Harbor | Dec. 7 , 1941 |
| Germany & Italy declare war on U.S. | Dec. 11, 1941 |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944 |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf | Oct. 23-26, 1944 |
| V-J Day | Aug. 15, 1945 |
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