WORLD WAR 2 Flashcards
Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
Allied Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Axis powers
the action or process of appeasing.
Appeasement
a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
a policy or practice of expansion and especially of territorial expansion by a nation.
Expansionist Policy
isolating one’s country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances
Isolationist Policy
an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.
Blitzkrieg
not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
Neutrality
aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
Luftwaffe
Military strategy implored by allied powers
Island Hopping
to assemble and make ready for war duty.
Mobilization
a war where everyone is involved, not just military
Total War
a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
Kamikaze
the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.
Liberation
association of different countries formed to benefit both sides
Alliance
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Genocide
hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
Anti-semitism
destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
Holocaust
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
Concentration camp
a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.
Ghetto
