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Blitzkrieg
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lightning-fast war using speed, surprise, tanks, troops, planes
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Luftwaffe
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the German air force
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Neutrality Acts
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a series of three acts passed to prevent the United States from following the same road to war as it did during WWI
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Lend Lease Act
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an act in which the United States would "lend" the Allies the materials they needed for the war, which would be "eventually returned"-ended up giving allies 50 billion dollars
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Yalta Conference
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a meeting between leaders of Great Britain, France and the United States to discuss the end of the war in Europe, the pacific war, and the creating of the UN
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Holocaust
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the persecution and execution of Jews and other groups including Gypsies, homosexuals and the disabled
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Island Hopping
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a strategy adopted by the United States in the Pacific War in which they selectively chose a path that would move U.S. naval forces closer and closer to the Japanese mainland
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Manhattan Project
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a gathering of the greatest scientific minds of the 1940s which led to the development of the atomic bomb
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Internment Camps
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camps in which Japanese Americans were forced to live in during WWII starting in February of 1942-this was due to their visual features as there were no italian or german camps
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Rosie the Riveter
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the symbol for the American working woman in the '40s-she appeared strong and wore a blue collar
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USS Missouri
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a ship on which the Japanese signed a surrender agreement, officially ending WWII
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Pearl Harbor
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the site of a Japanese attack on an American naval base in Hawaii-the Japanese had hoped to cripple America's ability to respond by destroying the United States Pacific Fleet-they would then take the Phillipines and American Island Holdings, creating an impenetrable fortress across the Pacific Rim
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El Alamein
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the site of a strike at theAxis Powers forces in Egypt commanded by Erwin Rommel (Desert Fox)-the attack was led by Allied General Patton who drove back Rommel under he was forced to surrender in February of 43
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Marshall Plan
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also known as the European Recovery Program, this program lent Europe 17 billion dollars in aid for reparations-it led to an economic boom in Europe, increased trading and no lent-to countries fell to communiesm
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United States
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an international organization similar to the failed League of Nations-however, unlike the League of Nations, the United States were members of the United Nations
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Cold War
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a "war" between the United States and Soviets during the Post WWII-Era-the United States wanted to spread democracy and contain communism and the Soviets wanted the opposite-there was no military combat-but political conflict and military tension existed-Warsaw Pact vs. NAto-ended with fall of Berlin Wall and Soviet reorganization
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War Production Board
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an Alphabet Agency which decided what products were to be made and how much-hired many people which helped economy
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D-Day/Operation Overload
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the largest invasion in military history-the Allies stormed the German-occupied French beaches of Normandy in order to establish a beachhead-ended with German retreat-turning point of the war in Europe
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Munich Agreement
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an agreement between Britain/France and Germany/Italy which stated that Hitler could keep the territory he had already taken (Sudetenland and Austria) but could take no more-however, Hitler failed to follow the terms of the agreement and continued imperializing (APPEASEMENT)
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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two cities in Japan which atomic bombs were dropped upon-Hiroshima=August 6,1945 by Enola Gay plane and Nagasaki=August 9, 1945
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Closing the Ring
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the attack strategy adopted by the Allies in which they attacked Hitler's army at its weakest points first and slowly advanced towards Germany
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President Truman
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the successor of FDR who died of a brain hemorrhage-he was left do decide whether to use the atomic bomb which he eventually did, ending the war-he also was president during the beginning of the Cold War and Berlin Airlift
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Nuremberg Trials
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international community tried 24 Nazi Leader for war crimes-19 were found guilty and of those 12 were sentenced to death-led to new moral: people responsible for own actions even during war
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Battle of Midway
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the turning point of the Pacific War in which four Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed and the US was now on the offensive
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