WWII vocabulary Flashcards
to the Nazis, the Germanic people who formed a “master race”
ARYAN
a declaration of principles issued in August 1941 by Winston Churchill and FDR, on which the Allied peace plan at the end of WWII was based
ATLANTIC CHARTER
a series of battles between German and British air forces
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
a 1942 sea and air battle of WWII in which American forces defeated Japanese
forces in the central Pacific
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
“lightning war” in which surprised attacks with fast-moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces
BLITZKRIEG
French General that set up a government-in-exile in London
CHARLES DE GAULLE
day on which the Allies began their invasion of the European mainland during WWII
D-DAY
a reduction in a country’s ability to wage war, achieved by disbanding its armed forces and prohibiting it from acquiring weapons
DEMILITARIZATION
the process of creating a government elected by the people
DEMOCRATIZATION
“Desert Fox” that led the Afrika Korps in North Africa
ERWIN ROMMEL
Hitler’s program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people
FINAL SOLUTION
the systematic killing of an entire people
GENOCIDE
city neighborhood in which European Jews were forced to live
GHETTO
a mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazis before and during WWII
HOLOCAUST
Japanese Admiral that planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
ISOROKU YAMAMOTO
