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World War II

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Adolf Hitler German Nazi dictator during World War II.
Appeasement the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace.
Armenian Genocide the Ottoman government’s systematic extermination of 1.5 million people, mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire and its successor state, the Republic of Turkey.
Battle of Guadacanal a 1942–1943 battle of World War II, in which Allied troops drove Japanese forces from the Pacific island of Guadalcanal.
Battle of Midway a 1942 sea and air battle of World War II, in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific.
Battle of Stalingrad a 1942–1943 battle of World War II, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.
Battle of the Bulge a 1944–1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.
D-Day name given to June 6, 1944, the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during World War II.
Division of Germany After its defeat in WWII, Germany was divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Britain, France, and the former Soviet Union.
Douglas MacArthur general who served as chief of staff and commanded the Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan.
Dwight D. Eisenhower the victorious Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, was won of the country’s most beloved presidents.
Emperor Hirohito Emperor of Japan who advocated the Japanese government’s unconditional surrender that ended World War II.
Final Solution Hitler’s policy of genocide to rid Europe of its Jews.
Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States, elected four times, instituted the New Deal to counter the Great Depression, led the country during World War II.
Genocide the deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national, or religious group.
George C. Marshall a soldier and diplocat of the 20th century, leading planner of strategy for the Allies in World War I.
Harry S. Truman Became the 33rd President of the United states after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, led the nation in the final months of World War II and made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hideki Tojo a Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II, he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over these Japanese cities on August 6th and 9th, 1945.
Hitler's Master Race a phrase used to describe the superiority of the Aryans people. Hitler believed that the strength and purity of this race must be preserved.
Iron Curtain a phrase used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe from countries in Western Europe.
Isolationism opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries.
Joseph Stalin Led the Soviet Union in its costly victory in World War II, met with Churchill and Roosevelt in 1945 to produce the Yalta agreement.
Marshall Plan the program, proposed by Secretary of State George Marshall in 1947, under which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War II.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states , especially for the United States and Europe, and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
Pacifism belief that an violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.
Pearl Harbor a major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships.
Theaters of War an area or place in which important military events occur or are progressing, can include the entirety of the air space, land, and sea that is or may potentially become involved in war operations.
Totalitarian characteristic of a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens.
United Nations (UN) an international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on December 10, 1948 as a resolution to protect the rights and dignity of people.
War Crimes Trials the trials of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law committed during armed conflict.
Warsaw Pact a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites.
Winston Churchill an English political leader, became prime minister shortly after World War II began and served through the end of the war in Europe for Britain.
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