WWII Terms
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| 1. | nationalism | extreme belief that one's country is better than another |
| 2. | fascism | form of totalitarian government that promotes nationalism |
| 3. | totalitarianism | government having total control over its citizens' lives |
| 4. | nazism | fascist political party in Germany during the 1930s |
| 5. | Neutrality Act | act passed by the US in 1939 declaring our neutrality |
| 6. | appeasement | policy of giving the aggressor nations that they wanted |
| 7. | blitzkreig | Hitler's "lightning" style of war |
| 8. | Non-aggression Pact | Germany and Russia agreed not to fight over Poland |
| 9. | Holocaust | systematic killing of the Jews in Nazi Germany during WWII |
| 10. | Genocide | the attempt to wipe out an entire race of people |
| 11. | Concentration camps | places where Jews were sent to work and die |
| 12. | Axis powers | Japan, Italy, and Germany |
| 13. | Allies | France, Britain, Russia, and the United States |
| 14. | V-E Day | May 8, 1945; when Germany surrendered |
| 15. | Kamikaze | 'Divine Wind'; name of Japanese suicide bombers in WWII |
| 16. | Manhattan Project | project that developed the first atomic bomb |
| 17. | Yalta Conference | meeting held in Feb.1945 to discuss post-war Europe |
| 18. | Nuremberg Trials | place Nazi war criminals were tried for war crimes |
| 19. | Pearl Harbor | US Naval base bombed by Japan on Dec 7, 1941 |
| 20. | Stalingrad | turning point battle against Germany by the Russians |
| 21. | D-Day | the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied France in 1944 |
| 22. | Battle of the Bulge | last offensive by the Nazis in 1944 before they surrendered |
| 23. | Nagasaki | second Japanese island where US dropped atomic bomb |
| 24. | Hiroshima | first Japanese island where US dropped atomic bomb |
| 25. | Adolf Hitler | Fascist dictator of Germany |
| 26. | Hideki Tojo | military dictator of Japan |
| 27. | Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of England during WWII |
| 28. | Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of Russia during WWII |
| 29. | Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII |
| 30. | General Patton | Major WWII American General |
| 31. | Dwight Eisenhower | commander of all Allied troops in Europe |
| 32. | Harry Truman | became President of the US in March of 1945 |
| 33. | Douglas McArthur | commander of Allied troops in the Pacific |
| 34. | Robert Oppenheimer | leading scientist that helped develop atomic bomb |