WORLD WAR II

Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany?

!!!Germany invaded Poland!!!

rationing

Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military

arsenal

a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.

Lend-Lease

allows America to sell, lend, or lease arms or other war supplies to any nation considered "vital to the defense of the U.S."

Dwight Eisenhower

leader of the Allied forces in Europe during WORLD WAR11 leader of troops in Africa and commander in D-Day invasion-elected president.

wemen did_____ in WWII

women worked as nurses ,pilots ,and mechanics.

Hedeki Tojo

Prime minister of Japan and military leader during WWII, later executed for war crimes.

Adolf Hitler

1933 dictator of Germany, German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)

dictator

A leader who has complete control over a country's government

WORLD WAR TWO

A war fought between 1939-1945 between Axis/Allied powers.

Axis

GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN

MANHATTAN PROJECT

Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.

Joseph Stalin

Communist dictator of the Soviet Union, Successor to Lenin as head of the USSR; strongly nationalist view of Communism; war with Western Europe and the United States.

Benito Mussolini

Fascist dictator of Italy. He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied Italy with Germany in World War two. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.

Tuskegee Airmen

First African American fighter pilots.

Allies

GREAT BRITAN, FRANCE,UNITED STATES,SOVIET UNION.

D-day

June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II

V-E day

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day was also when the Germans surrendered, Victory in Europe Day on May 8th, 1945 celebrated the official defeat of the Nazis and end of WWII in Europe.

V-J Day

Name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II.

Battle of Bulge

This battle was the German's last major offensive in World War II. The Allies pushed the Germans back and won.

fascism

This is a form of goverment in whitch individual fredoms are denied and complete power is given to the goverment.

Atomic BOMB

Type of bomb built during WORLD WAR II that was more powerful than any built before it.

Battle of Midway

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in the pacific theater of World War II.

Battle of Stalingrad

Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union.