Vocabulary
WWII
Early War
Key Events
100

This term means to limit the sale or use of materials during times of war

Rationing

100

This battle stopped Japan attacing Hawaii for the second time

Battle of Midway

100

Germany invaded this country which led to the start of WWII

Polland

100

This area of the world is where most of the fighting with Japan took place

Pacific Theatre

200

A person who has complete control over all aspects of a country

Dictator

200

Japan's attack of this naval base led to the U.S. joining the war in December 1941

Pearl Harbor

200

This man was elected in power of Germany in 1933 and eventually becane a dictator

Adolf Hitler

200

The U.S. dropped this wepon on Hiroshima in Japan, causing them to eventually surrender

Atomic bomb

300

This side of WWII included German and Japan

Axis Powers

300

Women in the United States were more likely to ______ as men were overseasfighting

Work

300

The United States trield to maintain its policy of __________ for as long as possible to avoid joining the war

Neutirality

300

The capture and genocide by Germany of Jewish people was known as

Holocaust

400

This side of WWII included the United States, France, Britan and the Soviet Union

Allies

400

The Allies invasion of France to free it from German control was known as 

D-Day

400

The United States used this syetem to make sure it had a large enough forces incase it joined the war

The draft

400

This area in Europe was where most of the fighting took place with Germany

European Theatre

500

These African American pilots were trained in Alabama and flew in WWII 

Tuskeegee Airman

500

These were the facilities Germany held the victims of the Holocaust

Concentration Camps

500

Factories shifted from creating _________ to war materials early on in WWII

Consumer goods

500

These trials charged Germany with war crimes after WWII

Nuremberg Trials