A
Britain, France, USA, Canada, USSR etc.
Allied nations
Political leader rules with absolute power, usually by force
Dictator
policies, views, actions that discriminate against Jews
Anti-Semitism
giving up military weapons
Disarmament
1944 German offensive France
Battle of the Bulge
favors dictatorial government, repression of all opposition
Fascism
Japan, Germany and Italy
Axis Powers
Code based on Navajo language The Japanese never broke
Code Talker
British-American stated aims for the outcome of the war.
Atlantic Charter
wiping out an entire group of people
Genocide
the Leader in Italian; Benito Mussolini
IL Duce
protective measures in case of attack
Civil Defense
government gains control over a territory not under their jurisdiction.
Annex
UK/France agreed to Germany's annexation of Sudetenland
Appeasement
German lightning warfare
Blitzkrieg
systematic extermination of millions of European Jews, etc
Hlocaust
prison camps used under the rule of Hitler
Concentration Camps
used under Hitler to killing prisoners immediately
Death Camps
aerial battle 1940 German v Britain
Battle of Britain
1939; UK & France buy goods from US transported them.
Cash and Carry
no discrimination in industries
Fair Employment Practices Commission
argued the US keep out of Europe's business.
American First Committee
April 1942, Americans forced to march 65 miles
Bataan Death March
Program recruited thousands farm/railroad workers from Mexico
Bracero
June 6, 1944; Allied forces landed in Normandy, France
D-Day