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isoroku yamamoto
japanese admiral who decided that the U.S. fleet in Hawaii had to be destroyed
pearl harbor
navy base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese
battel of midway
sea and air battle in which America forces defeated Japanese forces near Midway Island in the Oacific
douglas macarthur
U.S. general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific
battle of guadalcanal
six month battle on the island of Guadalcanal in which American and Australian troops defeated Japanese defenders
aryans
Germanic people
holocaust
systematic mass killing of Jews and other groups considered inferior by Nazis
kristallnacht
night of broken glass when Nazis attacked Jews throughout Germany
ghettos
neighborhoods in which European Jews were forced to live
final solution
Hitler's plan to kill as many Jews as possible
genocide
systematic killing of an entire people
dwight d. eisenhower
American general who helped drive the germans out of Africa
battle of stalingrad
battle during which the Red Army forced the Germans out of stalingrad
D-Day
huge Allied invasion mounted to retake france from the Germans
battle of the bulge
final large scale attack by German troops that was forced back by the Allies
kamikaze
Japanese suicide pilots
nuremberg trials
trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity held in Nuremberg Germany
demilitarization
breaking down armed forces
democratization
process of creating a government elected by the people
nonaggression pact
agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another
blitzkrieg
warfare in which surprise air attacks are followd be massive atytacks on land
charles de gaulle
leader of the french government in excile
winston churchill
leader of britain
battle of britain
battle of british and german air forces fough ogver britain during 1940-1941
erwin rommel
german general who led troops in north africa
atlantic charter
delaration of principles issued by winston churchill and franklin d. roosevelt in august 1941