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A person that has absolute power in their country
Dictator
This term means lightning war
Blitzkrieg
A country that is ruled by one party. (Total Control)
Totalitarian State
The act of giving in to aggression to avoid war
Appeasement
Name of place where Japanese Americans were sent after attack on Pearl Harbor
Internment Camps
Name the two Presidents of World War II
FDR and Truman
Dictators of Italy and Germany
Mussolini and Hitler
Prime minister of Britain
Winston Churchill
Leader of U.S. in European theater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leader of U.S. in Pacific theater… vowed, “I shall return”
Douglas MacArthur
World War II officially starts because of what event?
German invasion of Poland
This was the name of the Allied invasion in Normandy, France
D-Day
What happened on May 8, 1945? This is the day the fighting ends in Europe…
V-E Day Victory in Europe Day
What happens to Mussolini? Hitler? Stalin?
Mussolini – Executed Hitler – Suicide Stalin – In control of USSR
Policy of selling or leasing arms to allied forces
Lend – Lease Act
This was our policy on war in Pacific? (Island by Island)
Island Hopping
Two cities that we dropped the atomic bomb on:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Turning point of the war in Pacific
Battle of Midway Island
What happened on August 15, 1945 (War ends in Pacific)
V-J Day
Japanese suicide bomber missions are known as what kind of attacks?
Kamikaze
U.S. position at beginning of World War II
Neutral
She was a character created to show the role of women working in war effort
Rosie the Riveter
Every person is given a coupon book to buy necessities. (saving goods)
Rationing
Policy of selling arms if allied country: 1.paid cash 2. carry them on own ships
“Cash and Carry”
What is the purpose of rationing?
Provides more resources for the military
These were the trials for the Nazi leadership
Nuremberg Trials
Name of agreement between Stalin and Hitler
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Meeting held to talk to Hitler
Munich Conference
Name one of the two concentration camps that Mrs. T visited:
Auchwitz and Dachau
What is the difference between concentration camps and internment camps?
Japanese Americans were not killed in internment camps.
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