World War II
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Blitzkrieg | "lightning war;" name given to sudden violent offensive attacks the Germans used during WWII |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist leader of Italy |
| Hemispheric Defense Zone | declared the western hemisphere to be neutral and that the United States would patrol this region against German submarines |
| Holocaust | mass killing of millions of European Jews by the Nazis |
| Fascism | a political system, headed by a dictator, that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |
| Adolf Hitler | Nazi Party leader of Germany |
| Communism | a social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a central government dominated by a single political party |
| cash and carry | requirement imposed by the Neutrality Act for the purchase of nonmilitary supplies from the United States |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist leader of the Soviet Union |
| appeasment | accepting demands in order to avoid conflict |
| convoy system | a system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection |
| E bonds | used to raise money for the war |
| Dwight Eisenhower | commander of Operation Overlord |
| Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister |
| Selective Service and Training Act | first peacetime draft in American history |
| Tehran Conference | meeting of the Big Three - Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt |
| Manhattan Project | American program to build an atomic bomb |
| Harry Truman | succeeded Franklin Roosevelt as president of the United States |
| ration | limit availability of consumer products |
| D-Day | beginning of Operation Overlord |
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