Gestapo
An agreement
between the Soviet
Union and
Germany to not
attack each other
Totalitarianism
Manchuria
and china
The foreign policy
that England and
France take towards
Germany prior to
World War II
"lightning war", A
military strategy where
you take the enemy by
surprise and quickly
crush the opposition
with overwhelming force
Lebensraum
Radar
Nonagression
Pact
The German
Secret
Police
Japan invaded
what two
nations prior to
World War II?
A government that
establishes
complete control of
all aspects of the
state
Blitzkrieg
Appeasement
This turned the
tide in the
Battle of Britain
"living space"
encouraged
German expansion
across Europe
The foreign policy
of the United
States before
World War II
Germany,
Italy,
Japan
The Lend
Lease Act
Defeat
Hitler First
Pearl
Island
Harbor Hopping
Allied
Powers
Battle of
Stalingrad
Axis
Powers
Isolationism
Allied strategy
in European
Theater
In 1941 the US agreed
to supply Allied forces
with wartime supplies to
defend themselves
against the Axis Powers
Axis Strategy
in Pacific
Theater
December 7, 1941 Japanese
air attack on US in Hawaii.
First attack on US soil since
Revolutionary War and later
called "a date that will live in
infamy" by President
Roosevelt
The turning
point in the
European
Theater
US, Great
Britain, France
and Soviet
Union
The turning
point in the
Pacific Theater
Created standards for
humane treatment
during the war that
protected POWs,
civilians and the
wounded
Battle of
Stalingrad
Jews, Homosexuals,
Gypsies, Slavs, Poles,
People with
disabilities, Jehovah's
Witnesses
Battle of
Midway
the systematic and
purposeful destruction
of a racial, political,
religious or cultural
group
The Bataan
Death
March
Germany's
decision to
exterminate all
Jews
Geneva
Convention
Battle of
Midway
Affected
Group during
the Holocaust
The winter allows the
US to mount a massive
counter attack to
surround the Germans
and starve them out
Genocide
Small American Fleet
defeats a huge
Japanese force that
allows the Island
Hopping campaign to
begin
Hitler's
final
solution
An eighty mile march by
American and Filipino
prisoners of war that
was characterized by
savage abuse and
murder
Invasion of
Normany
Hiroshima
and
Nagasaki
Battle of
the Bulge
August 6, 1945
and August 9,
1945
V.E.
Day
The belief it would bring a
swift end to the war in the
Pacific Theater, America
wanted to show off its new
military strength and
Japan refused to
surrender unconditionally
The name of the
program that
developed the
atomic bomb in the
United States
Rationing
The two cities
where the
atomic bomb
was dropped
Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the
Allied forces stormed the beaches
of Normandy and earned a
stronghold in Europe. They
continued to march east towards
Berlin after their success at
Normandy. It is also commonly
referred to as D-Day.
The dates the
atomic bombs
were dropped
December 1944, German
forces launch one more
offensive against the Allied
forces, but are soundly
defeated, which
permanently cripples the
Nazi forces.
Three reasons
for dropping the
atomic bomb
Victory Day in Europe,
May 8, 1945, Dwight D.
Eisenhower accepts the
unconditional surrender
of Germany
The process the
United States
used to control
its food suply
The
Manhattan
Project
Women's
Auxiliary
Army Corp
Trials for German war
criminals after World War
II that set the precedent
that individuals are
responsible for their
actions
Victory
Gardens
Us government maintained strict
censorship of reporting of the war.
Public Morale and ad campaigns
kept Americans focused on the war
effort. The entertainment industry
boosted morale by portraying the
war effort as patriotic and the
enemy in stereotypical and
demonizing ways
Tuskegee
Airmen
Economic Resources (i.e. shift from
peacetime to wartime production),
Human Resources (i.e. women and
minorities begin to enter the work
force in large numbers), Military
Resources (i.e. creation of the
military draft and encouraging the
purchase of war bonds)
Navajo Indian
Communication
Codes
The forced
relocation or
imprisonment of a
group of people
Nuremberg
Trials
The first branch of
the US Army that
allowed women,
these women served
in noncombat roles
Mass Media and
Communications
on the Home
Front
Small gardens that
supplied food locally
and allowed civilians to
contribute to the war
effort, which boosted
American morale
Mobilization
of US
resources
African American military
unit that fought in Italy
during World War II. They
were given numerous
honors and military
decorations for their
service
Internment
Oral codes used
by United States
Army that proved
to be unbreakable
Reason leading
to Japanese
Internment
Korematsu
v. United
States
Battles of
Pacific
Theater
Battles of
European
Theater
Strong Anti-Japanese Prejudice
on West Coast, The hysteria
and paranoia following the
attacks on Pearl Harbor, and
the false belief that Japanese
Americans were spies reporting
back to Japan
Debated the constitutionality
of Executive Order 9066,
which issued internment. The
Supreme Court found that the
United States lawfully
instituted Japanese
Internment
Battle of Midway,
battle of Iwo
Jima, Battle of
Okinawa
Battle of Britain, Battle
of Atlantic, Battle of
Stalingrad, Battle of El
Alamein, Battle of
Normandy, and Battle of
the Bulge