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World War 2 vocab Flashcards

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Naval base in Hawaii that was hit in a surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941.

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Pearl Harbor

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Law that allowed the U.S to ship arms and supplies, without immediate payment to nations fighting the Axis powers.

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Lend-Lease Act

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Decision made by Britain, France and Italy to allow Hitler to receive the Sudetenland if he promised not to take the remainder of Czechoslovakia.

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Munich Agreement

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June 6, 1944. The date of the Allied invasion of France during World War II.

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D-Day

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the relocation of Japanese-Americans to detention centers following Pearl Harbor.

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Internment

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A ruler that has complete control in his country.

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dictator

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An international peace-keeping organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security and economic development.

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United Nations

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May 8, 1945. The day the war ended in Europe.

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V-E Day

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Giving into the demands of a hostile power in order to keep the peace.

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Appeasement

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Japanese suicide pilots

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Kamikaze

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the National Socialist German Worker’s Party that came to power under Hitler in the 1930’s.

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Nazi Party

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A political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator

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Fascism

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U.S President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II.

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Harry Truman

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Communist dictator of the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

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the systematic killing by Germany during World War II of about 6 million Jews as well as millions from other ethnic groups

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Holocaust

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Fascist dictator of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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A meeting of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill to discuss plans for the end of the war and the future of Europe

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Yalta Conference

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Nazi dictator of Germany

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Adolf Hitler

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Court proceedings after World War II, in which Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes.

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Nuremberg Trials

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Policy of the U.S at the beginning of the war in which it would sell arms to countries fighting aggression if they paid in cash and took them away on their own ships.

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Cash and Carry

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