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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Nazi dictator of Germany whose aggression started WWII. |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy who promised to restore the glory of the Roman Empire. |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader who created a totalitarian Communist state. |
| Hideki Tojo | Military leader of Japan who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| Appeasement | Policy of giving in to demands to avoid conflict, used by Prime Minister of Britain Chamberlain at the beginning of WWII. |
| Blitzkrieg | German “lightning war” strategy using fast air and tank attacks that led to Germany taking over most of Europe fast during the beginning of the war. |
| Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact | Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide Poland and avoid fighting each other. |
| Neutrality Acts | These U.S. laws meant to keep America out of foreign wars during the 1930s. |
| Lend-Lease Act | Law that let the U.S. send weapons and supplies to Allied nations before entering WWII. |
| Pearl Harbor | Japanese attack on a US Naval base in Hawaii that led to the US entering WWII. |
| D-Day (Normandy Invasion) | Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, that was the turning point of WWII in Europe. |
| Battle of the Bulge | Last German offensive in 1944 before defeat in Europe. |
| Holocaust | The genocide of 6 million Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany. |
| Final Solution | Hitler’s plan to eliminate European Jews during the Holocaust. |
| Nuremberg Trials | Trials that punished Nazi leaders for war crimes after WWII. |
| Radar and Sonar | Technologies that helped the Allies detect German and other Axis enemy planes and submarines. |
| Penicillin | Discovery that treated infections and saved many soldiers’ lives. |
| Vernon Baker | African American soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery in WWII. |
| United Nations | International organization formed after WWII to keep peace. |