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German term for "living space" - what Hitler wanted for the German people and what he subsequently got by taking over most of Europe
LEBENSRAUM
Term given to Hitler's annexation of Austria
ANSCHLUSS
Area of Czechoslovakia taken by Hitler because of the large number of German people who lived there
SUDETENLAND
Term given to the Nazi decision to eliminate the Jewish people from Europe using gas chambers
FINAL SOLUTION
Term for the powers in WWII of Germany, Italy and Japan
AXIS POWERS
Term for France led by Petain under Nazi control
VICHY REGIME
Deal made between Hitler and Stalin to divide Poland between them and not invade each other
NAZI-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT
Communist leader of Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
STALIN
Fascist leader of Germany from 1933 to 1945
HITLER
Fascist leader of Italy from 1920s to 1940s
MUSSOLINI
ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER DURING WWII
CHURCHILL
LEADER OF THE USA FOR MOST OF WWII
FDR - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
TERM DESCRIBING THE POWER OF KEY INDIVIDUALS DURING WWII TO COMMAND THE ATTENTION OF THEIR FOLLOWERS - GOOD OR EVIL
CULT OF PERSONALITY
JAPANESE EMPEROR DURING WWII
HIROHITO
MAIN JAPANESE MILITARY COMMANDER
TOJO
TERM DESCRIBING HOW ALLIES FOUGHT JAPANESE INN THE PACIFIC
ISLAND HOPPING
FIRST CITY USA DROPPED ATOMIC BOMB ON
HIROSHIMA
SECOND CITY USA DROPPED ATOMIC BOMB ON
NAGASAKI
TERM FOR US STAYING IN JAPAN 1946-1952 TO REBUILD THE NATION AS A DEMOCRATIC ALLY
OCCUPATION
TERM FOR JAPANESE SUICIDE PILOTS IN WWII
KAMIKAZE
STRATEGY USED BY ALLIES AND AXIS POWERS ALIKE WHERE CITIES AND THEIR CIVILIAN POPULATIONS WERE HEAVILY BOMBED
CARPET BOMBING
EVENT WHERE JAPANESE SOLDIERS DEVASTATED THE CITY OF NANKING AND ITS FEMALE CIVILIAN POPULATION
RAPE OF NANKING
GERMAN TERM FOR "PHONY WAR" WHICH OCCURS AT THE BEGINNING OF WWII
SITZKRIEG
LINE OF FORTIFICATIONS RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY
MAGINOT LINE
FAMOUS ALLIED INVASION AT NORMANDY, FRANCE WHICH TURNED THE TIDE OF WAR, PUSHING THE GERMANS BACK TOWARD GERMANY
D-DAY
SITE OF BATTLE WHERE BRITISH AND FRENCH SOLDIERS WERE TRAPPED BY THE GERMANS AND WERE RESCUED BY PEOPLE IN ALL KINDS OF SEA VESSELS
DUNKIRK
TERM FOR HITLER'S INVASION OF RUSSIA
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
MOST FAMOUS DEATH CAMP IN POLAND
AUSCHWITZ
CAMP CREATED BY NAZIS TO DETAIN ALL PEOPLE WHO THEY DEEMED A THREAT TO THEIR SECURITY
CONCENTRATION CAMP
TERM FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF 6 MILLION JEWS AND 5-6 MILLION "OTHERS" DURING WWII
HOLOCAUST
STRATEGY USED BY RUSSIANS AGAINST GERMAN INVADERS IN WHICH RUSSIANS DESTROYED THEIR HOMES AND CROPS
SCORCHED EARTH POLICY
VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY
V-E DAY
VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY
V-J DAY
POLICIES BY WHICH THE USA LENT OR SOLD SUPPLIES AND WEAPONS TO THE BRITISH BEFORE 1942
LEND-LEASE and CASH-N-CARRY POLICIES
INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION CREATED AFTER WWII
UNITED NATIONS
FAMOUS PAINTING BY PABLO PICASSO COMMEMORATING THE FASCIST ATTACK ON A SPANISH TOWN DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939
GUERNICA
FASCIST SPANISH LEADER FOR LED A CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN AND THEN RULED A FASCIST FRANCE
FRANCISCO FRANCO
POLICY USED BY CHAMBERLAIN AND ALLIED POWERS IN WHICH THEY ALLOWED HITLER TO BREAK THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES SO THAT THEY COULD AVOID WAR
APPEASEMENT
Term for "lightning war" - strategy involving three pronged attack: first planes, then tanks, then infantry
BLITZKRIEG