Vocabulary
Attempts by the U.S. to stay out of European conflicts
Neutrality Acts
agreement to split Poland and not attack each other even though the two governments and their leaders disliked each other intensely.
Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and USSR
Fascist leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Allied invasion of the coast of France
D-Day invasion
forced to serve in segregated units and to serve as cooks in the navy
treatment of African Americans in World War II
Germany, Italy and Japan
Axis powers
What areas did Japan claim before Dec. 7, 1941
Korea, Manchuria and parts of China
Created by Office of War Information to promote women in industrial jobs
Rosie the Riveter
Allied strategy of fighting the Japanese on some islands while bypassing others
Island-hopping
They were the reason the Japanese were never able to understand U.S. plans in the Pacific
Navajo Code Talkers
secure areas to hold citizens and immigrants who potential could be a threat to the U.S. during World War II
internment camps
organization created to make sure the U.S. did not make the same mistakes as World War I
American First
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Attempt to force Great Britain to surrender to Germany by bombing London with over 1,000 bombs
Battle of Britain
Following U.S. model of expansion and conquest
U.S. seized their assets in U.S. banks
Justification Japan gave for actions in the Pacific
70,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers surrendered to Japan but only 54,000 make it to the POW camp
Bataan Death March
Symbolic attempt to show Japan that the U.S. wasn't defeated in the Pacific
Doolittle Raid
Commander of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur
Proof that Japan was running out of equipment, supplies and manpower.
Kamikaze attacks
May 8 1945
V-E Day
U.S. provided Great Britain with military supplies in return for the use of islands in the western hemisphere for U.S. naval bases.
Lend-Lease Act
What were the 4 causes of World War II?
Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany & demanded reparations
World-wide Depression
Rise of Totalitarianism
Weak League of Nations
Authorized the use of the nuclear bomb to force Japan's surrender
President Harry Truman
Last German Offensive in the European theater
Battle of the Bulge
August 15, 1945
V-J Day