OGT 9 World War II
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| Agreement made between the U.S. and France in 1928 that made war "illegal." | KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT
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| Policy of trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of the aggressor. | APPEASEMENT
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| Alliance including Germany, Italy, and Japan. | AXIS POWERS
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| Meeting called by Hitler in 1938 to discuss the Czech problem, which led to the annexation of the Sudentenland by Germany. | MUNICH CONFERENCE
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| 1939 agreement dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence. | GERMAN SOVIET NONAGGRESSION PACT
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| German for lightning war; fast, forceful style of fighting used by Germany during WW II. | BLITZKRIEG
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| Persons who believe that their own country should not become involved in relations with other nations, especially alliances. | ISOLATIONISTS
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| German air force in WW II. | LUFTWAFFE
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| Nonstop German air raids on Britain during 1940 and 1941. | BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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| Legislation passed between 1935 and 1937 in the U.S. that stated its wish to stay neutral in future wars. | NEUTRALITY ACTS
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| 1941 legislation allowing the U.S. to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit. | LEND-LEASE ACT
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| Statement created by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt that declared their two countries' intentions. | ATLANTIC CHARTER
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| Adolf Hitler's plan for organizing Europe into a single political and economic system ruled by Germany. | "NEW ORDER"
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| Name given to the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe. | FINAL SOLUTION
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| Meeting of German officials to plan for systematically exterminating Jews. | WANNSEE CONFERENCE
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| Nazi death camp in which people were systematically murdered. | AUSCHWITZ
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| Systematic elimination of European Jews and others by Nazis. | HOLOCAUST
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| Military strategy of capturing only certain islands of a country and bypassing the others. | ISLAND HOPPING
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| Battle between Germany and the Soviets in the summer of 1942; Soviet victory greatly weakened Germany's forces. | BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
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| Important battle in which the Americans defeated the Japanese in 1942. | BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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| Code name for the Allied invasion of northwest France. | OPERATION OVERLORD
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| June 6, 1944, the day Allied troops began the invasion on France's Normandy coast. | D-DAY
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| May 8, 1945, the day of Allied victory in Europe in WW II. | V-E DAY
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| September 2, 1945, the day the Japanese surrendered to the U.S. in WW II. | V-J DAY
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| Forced march by the Japanese of prisoners of war in the Philippines in 1942. | BATAAN DEATH MARCH
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| Treaty between Germany and the Allied Powers at the end of WW I. | TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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| Governmental doctrine that relies on dictatorial rule and a totalitarian regime, in which the state maintains rigid control of the people through force and censorship. | FASCISM
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| Authoritarian socialism; economic and political system in which governments own the means of production and control economic planning. | COMMUNISM
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| How did Hitler die? | SUICIDE
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| Leader of the USSR | STALIN
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| Leader of Japan | HIROHITO
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| Leader of Italy | MUSSOLINI
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| Leader of USA | ROOSEVELT
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| Last German offensive | BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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| Two causes of WW II | IMPERIALISM & APPEASEMENT
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| Why did the U.S. enter WW II? | ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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| Two Japanese cities destroyed by the atomic bomb. | HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
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| Ordered the use of the atomic bomb on Japan to end WW II. | TRUMAN
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| Spanish Nationalist leader. | FRANCISCO FRANCO
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| Leader of German forces in Africa. | ERWIN ROMMELL
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| Head of the Final Solution. | HEINRICH HIMMLER
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| Site of the first nuclear attack. | HIROSHIMA
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| Spanish fascist party. | THE FALANGE
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| France's fortification along the borders of Germany and Luxembourg. | MAGINOT LINE
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| Members of a French underground resistance movement. | MARQUIS
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| Agreement between Japan and Germany pledging to stop the spread of Russian communism. | ANTI-COMINTERN PACT
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| Antifacist volunteers from France, Britain, and the U.S. who participated in the Spanish Civil War. | INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES
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