391644127 | December 7, 1941 | Japan launched a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor (date) | 0 | |
391644128 | Non-Agression Pact | Agreement beteen Stalin and HItler to not attack each other for a period of ten years | 1 | |
391644129 | RAF | British air force | 2 | |
391644130 | Harry S. Truman | President of the US ho "dropped the bomb" on Japan | 3 | |
391644131 | Rationing | The limiting of the amount of goods people can buy. | 4 | |
391644132 | Operation Torch | The Allies planned invasion of North Africa. | 5 | |
391644133 | Operation Barbossa | Hitler's planned invasion of the Soviet Union | 6 | |
391644134 | Battle of Guadicanal | The Allies fought against the Japanese for six months | 7 | |
391644135 | Propoganda | Information spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause. | 8 | |
391644136 | Axis Powers | Alliance between Germany; Italy and Japan during WWII | 9 | |
391644137 | Operation Sea Lion | Hitler's planned invasion of Great Britain | 10 | |
391644138 | Phony War | Term given to WWII between September and April | 11 | |
391644139 | Adolf Hitler | Fascist dictator who committed Germany to war | 12 | |
391644140 | Long Term Causes of WWII | Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression and the Failure of the League of Nations | 13 | |
391644141 | League of Nations | Organization failed to keep a just and lasting peace because it excluded countries like Germany and Russia | 14 | |
391644142 | Battle of Britain | Hitler's campaign of intensive bombing to destroy the will of the British | 15 | |
391644143 | Invasion of Balkans | Countries that refused to join HItler were attacked | 16 | |
391644144 | Fascism | A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism | 17 | |
391644145 | Invasion of the Western Front | In April, Hitler attacked Denmark and Norway. In May, Hitler invaded Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium before attacking France | 18 | |
391644146 | Treaty of Versailles | Document that placed unfair restrictions on Germany's military | 19 | |
391644147 | Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister who chose to fight rather than surrender | 20 | |
391644148 | Radar | An electronic tracking system | 21 | |
391644149 | Total War | Participating countries who devote all their resources to the war effort | 22 | |
391644150 | Dwight Eisenhower | American general who was sent to invade North Africa | 23 | |
391644151 | Holocaust | The systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior | 24 | |
391644152 | The Great Depression | The crash on Wall Street and lead to global inflation, high unemployment and the rise of fascism | 25 | |
391644153 | Genocide | Systematic killing of an entire group of people | 26 | |
391644154 | Invasion of Poland | Germany launched a suprise attack against Poland | 27 | |
391644155 | Battle of the Burge | During this battle, Hitler made his last attempt to defeat the Allied powers on the Western Front | 28 | |
391644156 | Battle of Midway | The Allies allowed Japan to begin its attack, then the Allies attacked Japan's naval fleet | 29 | |
391644157 | Luftwaffe | German air force | 30 | |
391644158 | Dunkirk | The beach where 338K Allied soldiers were rescued | 31 | |
391644159 | Appeasement | The policy of giving in to an aggressor in hope of avoiding war | 32 | |
391644160 | Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator who committed Italy to war | 33 | |
391644161 | Battle of El Alamein | The Allies suprised the Germans and forced them to retreat | 34 | |
391644162 | Bernard Montgomery | British general who was sent to command the Allied forces | 35 | |
391644163 | Blitzkreig | A military strategy involving fast-moving airplanes and tanks | 36 | |
391644164 | Battle of Stalingard | Hitler's attempt to take this city became a turning point on the East for the allies | 37 | |
391644165 | September 1, 1939 | WWII began in Europe when Germany invaded Poland (date) | 38 | |
391644166 | Maginot Line | System of defensive forts built by the French | 39 | |
391644167 | September 2, 1945 | Japan surrendered to the Allies to end WWI (date) | 40 | |
391644168 | July 7, 1937 | WWII began in Asia when Japan invaded mainland China (date) | 41 | |
391644169 | June 6, 1944 | The Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy in an attempt to break through the German lines (date) | 42 | |
391644170 | June 22, 1940 | France surrendered to the superior German army (date) | 43 | |
391644171 | May 7, 1945 | Germany surrendered to the Allies to end WWII (date) | 44 | |
391644172 | August 9, 1945 | Nagasaki was destroyed by an atomic bomb (date) | 45 | |
391644173 | August 6, 1945 | Hiroshima was destroyed (date) | 46 | |
391644174 | Enigma | A German code-making machine that allowed Britain to decode the secret messages | 47 | |
391644175 | Erwin Rommel | German general sent to NOrth Africa to help regain the ground last by Italy "Desert Fox" | 48 | |
391644177 | Nerville Chamberlain | British Prime Minister who practiced a policy of appeasant | 49 |
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