Diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.

The agreement between the US and UK (and China and other allies) to lend weaponry for the war in return for leases on naval bases

On August 23, 1939. enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed this, agreeing to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.

US strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific by hopping from island to island - securing them, building airbases and defenses then moving closer to Japan.

The code name for the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe - on June 6, 1944 in Normandy France. It is the largest seaborne invasion in history.

All African-American unit of airmen who flew many very successful missions over Europe and Africa during the war.

Nickname given to women in the workforce in America during WWII.

Top secret unit of Native Americans used by the US in the Pacific because their language could not be translated and was never broken by Japan.

Executive Order issued by FDR that called for moving Japanese Americans on the West Coast into internment camps for the duration of the war.

Code name for the top-secret building of an atomic bomb to be used in WWII against Japan on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

Code name for the Nazi plan for a genocide against the Jewish people of Europe.

Pogrom of November 9–10, 1938 aka “Night of Broken Glass” that signaled the start of the Holocaust.

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Appeasement	Diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.
Lend-Lease Act	The agreement between the US and UK (and China and other allies) to lend weaponry for the war in return for leases on naval bases
Nonaggression Pact	On August 23, 1939. enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed this, agreeing to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
Island Hopping	US strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific by hopping from island to island - securing them, building airbases and defenses then moving closer to Japan.
D-Day	The code name for the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe - on June 6, 1944 in Normandy France. It is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Tuskegee Airmen	All African-American unit of airmen who flew many very successful missions over Europe and Africa during the war.
Rosie the Riveter	Nickname given to women in the workforce in America during WWII.
Navajo Code Talkers	Top secret unit of Native Americans used by the US in the Pacific because their language could not be translated and was never broken by Japan.
Executive Order 9066	Executive Order issued by FDR that called for moving Japanese Americans on the West Coast into internment camps for the duration of the war.
Manhattan Project	Code name for the top-secret building of an atomic bomb to be used in WWII against Japan on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
Final Solution	Code name for the Nazi plan for a genocide against the Jewish people of Europe.
Kristallnacht	Pogrom of November 9–10, 1938 aka “Night of Broken Glass” that signaled the start of the Holocaust.

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