Battles
Naval warfare in the Atlantic Ocean, mostly between 1939 and 1943; Germany attempted to disrupt the shipment of supplies and troops from the U.S. to the Allies
Battle of Atlantic
Fascist leader of Germany from 1933 to 1945; was largely responsible for plunging the world into war in 1939.
Adolf Hitler
F.D.R's Vice President in 1945; took over when FDR died in early 1945.
Harry Truman
Had prisoners crammed into wooden barracks, given little food, worked dusk to dawn 7 days a week; those too weak were killed
Concentration and death camps
U.S. was pulled-out of the Great Depression by its entry into war after the attack at Pearl Harbor.
Economic gains
The turning point in the Pacific Front in the fighting against Japan.
Battle of Midway
The fascist, totalitarian Italian dictator who came to power in the early 1920's; created the Fascist Party.
Benito Mussolini
The symbol of how women contributed to the war effort, especially on the home front working in factories and farming.
Rosie the Riveter
Anti-Jewish beliefs; popular throughout Europe for centuries.
Anti-Semitism
In general, women and minorities gained more opportunities during the war; that does not mean that discrimination was gone.
Experience of minorities (overall)
Turning point on Eastern front, the Russian began to push Germany back to Berlin.
Battle on Stalingrad
The leader of Great Britain before the war, as well as very early in the war.
Neville Chamberlain
Heroically fought for the U.S. during the war, even though they still faced discrimination here at home;
Japanese-Americans, African-Americans, Jewish-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and women
Minorities during the war
Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews; led to over 6 million jews being killed.
Final solution
African-Americans continued to move north and many Americans, in general, moved to cities and towns where weapons and supplies were being produced.
Population shifts
An air battle starting in the summer of 1940; it involved Germany attacking Great Britain by air to attempt to weaken it before invading it.
Battle of Britain
The soviet, totalitarian dictator; had signed the "The nonaggression Pact"with Hitler before the war.
Joseph Stalin
U.S general; eventually became commander of Allied troops in Europe on the Western Front.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
An anti-Jewish action; Known as the " Night of Broken Glass", Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.
Kristallnacht
This law, passed in 1944, was created to hep veterans readjust back into civilian life by helping to create opportunities for them.
G.I.Bill of Rights
Hitlers armies attempted to split the Allies in two by doing a massive blitzkrieg attack against them, which pushed a "bulge" into the Allied lines.
Battle of Bulge
The leader of Great Britain during most of the war; led his country to victory; was FDR's biggest ally
Winston Churchill
The head scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire population.
Genocide
The U.S and Soviet Union emerged from WWii as the most powerful nations.
Superpowers