WW2 Vocab Intro

2. name given to the day Japan surrendered to the U.S. to officially end the fighting of WW2
5. a competition between countries for more and better weapons
8. Prime Minister of Briain during WW2
10. name of the plan that dropped the atomic bomb
11. an political system based on racism and nationalism, typically ruled by a dictator
12. a governmet with total control over the lives of its citizens
14. the Japanese attack on the U.S. to hopefully prevent them from joining to war to help Britain
16. means to stay out of foreign affairs
17. Soviet Union victory over the germans suprise attack to take over Russia
18. limiting the amount of scarce goods people could buy
19. U.S. President who created the good Neighbor clause to stay out of European affairs

1. Hitlers plan to rebuild Germany as a utopian society
3. a person with complete control of a government
4. Cutoff of oil supply on a nation (The U.S. did this to Japan since they were invading China)
6. name given to the celebration of the Germany surrendered to the U.S.
7. name giving to the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan
9. the mass elimination of Jews under control of Hitler and Germany during the course of WW2
13. giving in to another nations demands just to keep peace
15. Failed japanese attactk in the pacific ocean to capture a small U.S. Island
20. Known as operation overlord, this was the largest aquatic planned invasion of foreign soil in France