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ww2 vocab

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USA isolationism The US stayed out of global conflicts before Pearl Harbor, avoiding involvement in Europe and Asia.
league of nations International group formed after WWI to maintain peace; failed to stop Axis aggression.
appeasement Policy of letting Hitler expand to avoid war, e.g., giving him Sudetenland.
rhineland German border region remilitarized by Hitler in 1936, defying Treaty of Versailles.
sudetenland Part of Czechoslovakia with many Germans; given to Hitler to prevent war.
munich conference 1938 meeting where Britain & France allowed Germany to take Sudetenland.
polish corridor Land separating East Prussia from Germany; Germany invaded Poland here in 1939.
blitzkrieg “Lightning war” tactic using fast tanks & planes to quickly conquer land.
panzer German tank; key to blitzkrieg attacks.
suez canal Strategic waterway in Egypt; vital for Allied supply routes.
charles de gaulle French general who led Free French forces after France fell in 1940.
winston churchill British PM who inspired resistance against Nazi Germany.
carpet bombing Massive aerial bombing of cities to destroy industry & morale.
RAF Royal Air Force; defended Britain in Battle of Britain.
radar Technology detecting planes & ships; crucial for British defense.
total war War mobilizing entire society, economy, and resources.
natural rights (civil rights) Basic rights of citizens; often ignored or violated in WWII.
operation overlord (d-day) Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, key to liberating Europe.
scorched earth Destroying resources to slow enemy advance, used by Soviets against Nazis.
leningrad, stalingrad, moscow Major Soviet cities; sites of brutal battles that halted Nazi advance.
general winter Harsh Russian winters that helped defeat invading German forces.
1922 Benito Mussolini takes over Italy.
1933 Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany.
1937 Japan invades China, starting WW2 in Asia.
1939 Germany invades Poland, starting WW2 in Europe.
December 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; US enters the war.
April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.
May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders; war ends in Europe.
August 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
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