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giving into the demands of an agressor in order to keep the peace
appeasement
a
lightning war
blitzkrieg
b
state of tension and gostility among nations withough armed conflict
cold war
c
one who cooperates with an enemy force occupying a country
collaborator
c
Limiting communism to areas already under soviet control
containment
c
deliberate destruction of a group of people
genocide
g
Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions to attack american warships
kamikaze
k
opposition to all war
pacifism
p
Prime minister who rallied britain to fight against nazi agression
winston churchill
w c
nationalist general who created a fascist dictatorship in spain
Francisco Franco
F F
supreme allied commander in eurpoe
dwight eisen hower
the office
ethiopian king who appealed to the league of nation for help
Haile Selassie
H S
President who issued a policy stating that americans would resist soviet expansion in the world
Harry Truman
H T
Beach on the english channel where allied troops were rescued from advancing nazis.
Dunkirk
D
site of a battle in egypt that became a turning point in WWII
El Alamein
E A
Town that was brutally attacked by germany during the spanish civil war
guernica
G
Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S in 1945
Hiroshima
H
Naval base in hawaii that was attacked by japan in 1941
Pearl harbor
P H
What is the importance of the spanish civil war?
Was germany's "dress rehersal" for WWII
What was the london blitz?
lasted 57 nights
What was the importance of Dunkirk?
Biggest rescue operation in history
what was the importance of luftwaffe?
it was the german airforce nick name and air attack was the only way they could attack great britain.
what country had the majority of the concentration camps?
Poland
what was operation barbarossa and operation sea lion?
Barbarossa- land attacks on soviet union

sea lion- air attack on great britain
what was the effet of japanese attack, pearl harbor?
U.S. enters WWII
what does d-day refer to?
allied attack on france & pushed back hitler
what was the turning point in the war in the pacific, where the u.s. went on the offensive?
battle of midway
when the allied forces captured this city they ended the war in europe
berlin
which country suffered the highest number of casualties in WWII?
soviet union
division of germany after the war
BERLIN WALL: split east and west
about how many jews were killed in the holocaust?
6 million
explain appeasement and why european countries followed that policy.
app-peace at any cost

followed it by not doing anything and Hitler gained too much power
name the two sides of the cold war
u.s and soviet union
identify 3 acts of aggression by dictators in the 1930s
1,germany takes land from czechleslovakia
2.