World War II Vocabulary
Anschluss
union of Austra snd Germany
V - E Day
victory in Europe day, May 8, 1945
Battle of Stalingrad
WWII battle between German forces and the Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad
Winston Chruchill
a Britsh Prime Minister who was against appeasement and who led Britain thoigh WWII
Blitzkrieg
a German word meaing "lightening war"
Nuremberg
a city in southern Germany where Hitler staged Nazi rallies and she Nazi war crimes trial were held after WWII
Vichy
a city in the center of France
Nagasaki
a costal city in Japan on an island where the second atomic bomb was dropped
Dwight Eisenhower
24th president of the US and was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII
Douglas MacArthur
American general who commanded the US troops in the Southwest Pacific and administered Japan after the war ended
Big Three
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin; the three key allied leaders
Luftwaffe
German Air Force
General Erwin Rommel
German General duringg WWII who commanded the Afrika Korps and was nicknamed the Desert Fox due to his leadership
Neutrality Acts
a series of acts passed by Congress that aimed to keep thr US from being involved in the wat
Aircraft Carrier
a ship that accommodates thr taking off and landing of airplanes and transport aircraft
Lend - Lease Act
act passed by the US Congress that allowed for the US to sell or lease war supplies to any country whose defense was considered vital to the US
Nazi - Soviet Pact
agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in which the two nations decided not to fight and divide up the land
Island Hopping
allied strategy of recapturing some Japanese held islands while bypassing others
Manhattan Project
code mane for the project to build the first atomic bomb
D - Day
code name for the day that Allied forces invaded France
Concentration Camps
detention sites creaed or military purposes to terrorize and kill civilians
Holocaust
genocide of about 6 milion European Jews by the Nazi
Appeasement
giving in to aggressive demands in order to avoid war
Axis Powers
group of counties led by Germany, Itsly, and Japan thst fought thr Allies in WWII
Yalta Conference
meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin where the three leaders made agreements regarding the end of WWII
Hiroshima
mid sized city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped
Rosie the Riveter
name for women who worked in the
Stalingrad
now Volgograd, a city southwest of Russia where the Battle of Stalingrad took place
Pacifism
oppsition to war
Sanctions
penalites imposed bu one country on another county to try to force a change in policy
Sudetenland
region if western Czechoslovakia
Bataan Death March
the forced march of Filipino and American prisoners of war under the brutal conditions by the Japanese military