Vocabulary
Define Appeasement
What is a lack of response in regards to military action in order to avoid further conflict?
D-Day
What is the Allied Invasion of Normandy?
This Country joined the war after Pearl Harbor
What is the United States?
Leader of Germany, Fascist.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The most dangerous weapon created and used only during World War II.
What is the Atomic Bomb?
Define Blitzkreig
What is lightning war?
Pearl Harbor
What is the Japanese Surprise Attack on Hawaii?
This Country was considered the main aggressor during World War II.
What is Germany?
Leader of Soviet Union, Communist.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Used to detect airplanes.
What is Radar?
Describe Sudentland
What is the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia?
Operation Barbarossa
What is Germany's Invasion of the Soviet Union?
This was the name for Russia during this time.
What is the Soviet Union?
Leader of Italy, Fascist.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Used to detect submarines.
What is Sonar?
Describe Rhineland
What is the buffer zone between France and Germany?
London Blitz
What is the prolonged German bombing of London?
Who is Britain, Soviet Union, France, and the United States?
Leaders of Japan, militarists.
Who is Emperor Hirohito and General Tojo?
Helped prevent people from dying.
What are medical advancements?
Describe "lebensraum"
What is the German term for "growing room"?
(Hitler's explanation for aggressive expansion)
Miracle of Dunkirk
What is when British Troops were saved after being trapped between the Nazis and the English Channel?
Name the Axis Powers.
Who is Germany, Japan, and Italy?
Leader of Spain, fascist.
Who is Fransico Franco?
Used to move planes throughout the sea.
What is aircraft carriers?