World War 2 Vocabulary

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  1. 2. the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace.
  2. 5. the systematic murder; or genocide; of Jews and other groups in Europe by the Nazis before and during WWII.
  3. 8. US Naval station on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu; Japanese attack on December 7, 1941 pulled America into WWII.
  4. 12. law passed in 1941, allowing the US to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers.
  5. 14. the deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national , or religious group.
  6. 15. characteristic of a political system in which the government exercises complete control over the citizen’s lives.
  7. 16. the U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb for use in WWII.
  8. 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.
  9. 19. Hitler’s final order of full extermination of all subgroups.
  10. 21. June 6, 1944; the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during World War II.
  11. 24. a series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war.
  12. 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.
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  1. 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
  2. 3. Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II
  3. 4. an agency established during WWII to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S. industries.
  4. 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.
  5. 7. confinement or a restriction in movement, especially under wartime conditions.
  6. 9. second military use of atomic bomb August 9, 1945.
  7. 10. a political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator.
  8. 11. a city or neighborhood in which a certain minority group is pressured or forced to live.
  9. 13. from the German word meaning “lightning war,” a sudden, massive attack with combined air and ground forces, intended to achieve a quick victory.
  10. 18. first military use of an atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
  11. 20. the political philosophy; based on extreme nationalism, racism, and militaristic expansionism; that Adolf Hitler put into practice in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
  12. 22. a weapon of huge power created by splitting an atom of the element uranium.
  13. 23. “night of broken glass,” November 9, 1938 when gangs of Nazis storm and destroy Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues in Germany.