World War 2 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace.
- 5. the systematic murder; or genocide; of Jews and other groups in Europe by the Nazis before and during WWII.
- 8. US Naval station on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu; Japanese attack on December 7, 1941 pulled America into WWII.
- 12. law passed in 1941, allowing the US to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers.
- 14. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national , or religious group.
- 15. characteristic of a political system in which the government exercises complete control over the citizen’s lives.
- 16. the U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb for use in WWII.
- 17. a restriction of people’s right to buy unlimited amounts of particular foods and other goods, often implemented during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the military.
- 19. Hitler’s final order of full extermination of all subgroups.
- 21. June 6, 1944; the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during World War II.
- 24. a series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war.
- 25. group of nations including the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Free French, who joined in the war against Germany and other Axis countries.
Down
- 1. a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other
- 3. Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II
- 4. an agency established during WWII to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S. industries.
- 6. a type of prison, often consisting of a number of buildings inside a fence, where political prisoners, etc. are kept in extremely bad conditions.
- 7. confinement or a restriction in movement, especially under wartime conditions.
- 9. second military use of atomic bomb August 9, 1945.
- 10. a political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator.
- 11. a city or neighborhood in which a certain minority group is pressured or forced to live.
- 13. from the German word meaning “lightning war,” a sudden, massive attack with combined air and ground forces, intended to achieve a quick victory.
- 18. first military use of an atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- 20. the political philosophy; based on extreme nationalism, racism, and militaristic expansionism; that Adolf Hitler put into practice in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- 22. a weapon of huge power created by splitting an atom of the element uranium.
- 23. “night of broken glass,” November 9, 1938 when gangs of Nazis storm and destroy Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues in Germany.