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16 Cards in this Set
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Fascim |
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization |
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Blitzkrieg |
An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory |
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Maginot Line |
A line of defensive fortifications built before World War II to protect the eastern border of France but easily outflanked by German invaders. 2 : a defensive barrier or strategy that inspires a false sense of security |
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Atlantic Charter |
A pivotal policy statement issued on 14 August 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. The leaders of the United Kingdom and the United States drafted the work and all the Allies of World War II later confirmed it |
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War Production Board |
A pivotal policy statement issued on 14 August 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. The leaders of the United Kingdom and the United States drafted the work and all the Allies of World War II later confirmed it. |
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Selective Training and Service Act |
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, Pub.L. 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940, was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. |
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Bataan Death March |
The forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war from Saisaih Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Work Camps |
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Stalingrad |
A major battle between German and Soviet troops in World War II. The battle was fought in the winter of 1942–1943 and ended with the surrender of an entire German army. Stalingrad is considered a major turning point of the war in favor of the Allies. |
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Office of War Information |
A United States government agency created during WorldWar II to consolidate existing government informationservices and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. |
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Rosie the Riveter |
A cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. |
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Internment |
The state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons. |
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Island-Hopping |
Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. |
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Manhattan Project |
The code name for the effort to develop atomic bombs for the United States during World War II. |
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Enola Gay |
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. |
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D-Day |
The day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. |
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Battle of the Bulge |
The last major German offensive campaign of World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, on the Western Front, towards the end of World War II, in the European theatre. |
