chapter 19 world history real vocab words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Yalta Conference | meeting at which Allies agreed to form a United Nations Organization |
| isolationism | policy that initially kept the U.S. from becoming involved in the war against Germany. |
| Axis Powers | Germany Italy and Japan |
| Munich Conference | Neville Chamberlain thought the agreement reached there meant "peace of our time." |
| "Mukden Incident" | Used as an excuse for Japanese seizure of Manchuria. |
| Kamikaze | Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions against U.S. warships. |
| Tehran Conference | Meeting of the Big Three to discuss the final attack on Germany. |
| Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact | Gave Hitler the freedom to attack Poland. |
| Einsatzgruppen | Special strike forces for carrying out the Nazi Final Solution. |
| Vichy France | Unoccupied France, governed by authoritarian regime under German control. |
| Blitzkrieg | "Lightning war" that utilized tanks supported by airplanes. |
| Potsdam Conference | Meeting at which Truman demanded free elections through Eastern Europe. |
| Appeasement | Policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying the reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers. |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. |
| Final Solution | Nazi plan for extermination of the Jews. |
| Holocaust | The slaughter of European Jews by the Nazis. |
| Luftwaffe | German Air Force. |
| Blitz | British term for the German air raids. |
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