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- 2. Policy of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
- 5. A type of government that attempts to control all aspects of people’s personal and private lives.
- 11. Known as “Victory in Europe Day” that occurred on May 8, 1945 and marked the end of World War 2 in Europe.
- 13. Conflict or fighting that involves entire nations.
- 15. A policy created the in which Great Britain could borrow or “lease” weapons from the United States.
- 17. A strategy of fighting developed by the United States to fight the war against Japan by “hopping” from island to island.
- 18. The systematic murder of 6 million Jews during World War 2.
- 20. War between the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers that lasted from 1939-1945.
- 21. Internment Camps-Detention centers where more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were relocated during World War 2.
- 22. A warlike act by one country against another without cause.
- 23. A type of warfare used by Germany during World War 2 which was used to quickly defeat Poland and France; known as “Lightening War.”
- 24. The June 6, 1944 invasion carried out by Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy, France; nicknamed “Operation Overlord” and often called “D-Day.”
- 25. A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. Used by Benito Mussolini from 1922-1943.
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- 1. A treaty/pact signed by Hitler and Stalin on August 23, 1939 in which both countries agreed not to attack each other and to divide Poland.
- 3. A settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia on September 30, 1938.
- 4. A form of fighting in which Japanese pilots would purposely crash their planes into U.S. aircraft carriers.
- 6. A group created after World War 2 to help prevent future wars and conflicts from occurring; also called the UN.
- 7. Known as “Victory in Japan Day” that occurred on August 14, 1945 and marked the end of World War 2 in Japan.
- 8. The deliberate attempt to kill or destroy an entire nation or group of people.
- 9. Economic condition in which money loses its value and prices rise.
- 10. Site of the Soviet victory over Germany in February 1943.
- 12. World War 2 alliance between France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union (USSR) who fought against the Axis Powers.
- 14. World War 2 alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan who fought against the Allied Powers.
- 16. Prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in which over 6,000,000 Jewish people died during World War 2.
- 19. Site of the Japanese surprise attack on December 7, 1941.