World War 2 Vocab

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Blitzkrieg

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New method of warfare: it stressed speed and surprise in the use of tanks, troops, and plans

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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 acts passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S. involvement in possible future wars and that was created in response to the belief that U.S. involvement in World War I resulted from loans and trade with the Allies.

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Lend Lease Act

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An act passed by Congress on March 11, 1941, during World War II, allowing the president to “sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of” weapons and materials to help defend nations vital to U.S. security. Suggested by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in December 1940 to help countries fighting the Axis, it provided $31.6 billion to Britain and $11 billion to the USSR. The U.S. made $50 billion due to this act

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Yalta Conference

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in 1945, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin discussed plans for the end of World War 2 and the future of Europe.

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Holocaust

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the systematic killing by Germany during World War 2 of about six million Jews as well as millions from other ethnic groups.

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Island Hopping

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a World War 2 strategy in which the Allies invaded islands that the Japanese weakly defended in order to stage further attacks.

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Manhattan Project

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the top-secret program set up in 1942 to build an atomic bomb.

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Internment Camps

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a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc.

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Rosie the Riveter

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an image of a strong woman hard at work at arms factory during World War 2.

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U.S.S Missouri

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The USS Missouri was commissioned in 1944 and served in the Pacific. She is the last Battleship made. When the war ended the Japanese surrendered to the Allies on her deck. She want on to serve in Korea and the Gulf War. She has been awarded 11 Battle stars.

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Pearl Harbor

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a naval base in Hawaii that was hit in a surprise attack by Japan on 12/7/1941.

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El Alamein

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The Battle was a turning point in the North African campaign. Just prior to this, the British changed their commanders. Gen. Alexander took over the command of the British forces with General Montgomery under his command. Under their command, they formed 2 mobile armored divisions that were trained for desert war. The Allied air forces and navy began cutting off the Axis supply lines.
All these changes lead up to the victory at El Alamein and the battle resulted in a change of attitude for the British 8th Army. The German army began to realize that they could not win without more supplies reaching their ports.

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Marshall Plan

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approved in 1948, the United States gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe after World War 2.

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United Nations (UN)

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an international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development.

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Cold War

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the state of hostility, without direct military conflict the developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War 2.

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War Production Board

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an agency established during World War 2 to coordinate the production of military supplies by the U.S. industries.

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D-Day/Operation Overlord

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The greatest amphibious attack in history. Nearly 175, 000 American, Canadian, and British troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944, supported by 6, 000 aircraft and 6, 000 naval vessels. At dawn, there was a tremendous air and sea bombardment, which, for the most part, was highly effective. By nightfall, the Allies were ashore on a beachhead that stretched 55 miles. Adolf Hitler's Atlantic Wall, built at enormous expense, had not held up to the Allied landings for even one day.

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Munich Agreement

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The four countries of Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain composed and signed the Munich Agreement in Munich, Germany on September 29, 1938. The forming of the agreement between these four countries served as appeasement purposes, securing Great Britain's and France's agreement to Adolf Hitler's Demands.
The Agreement, signed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for Great Britain, Premier Edouard Paladier for France, Adolf Hitler for Germany, and Benito Mussolini for Italy, set October 1, 1938 as the date of Czechoslovakian evacuation of the territory.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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the cities in Japan that were hit by an atomic bomb on 8/6/1945

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President Truman

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Harry S. Truman took office at the end of World War 2 when FDR died.

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Nuremberg Trials

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the court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War 2, in which Nazi Leaders were tried for war crimes.

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Battle of Midway

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a victory for the United States over the Japanese in a 1942 naval battle that was the turning point of World War 2.