History exam-WWII terms
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squintsquad on December 15, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anti-semitism | hatred and mistreatment of Jews |
| aryan race | Hitler thought these people were superior to all others |
| appeasement | giving in to the demands of an agressor in order to keep the peace |
| axis powers | Italy, Germany, alliance during WWII, agree to fight Soviet communism |
| blitzkrieg | Germany's lightning war, a very quick attack |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944, invasion of France |
| Hiroshima | first atomic bomb dropped August 6, 1945, 70,000 killed |
| Nagasaki | second atomic bomb dropped August 7, 1945, 40,000 killed |
| holocaust | systematic killing of Jews (6 million killed) |
| League of Nations | US didn't join this which made it weak |
| lend-lease act | FDR lent war material to allies for use in war |
| manhattan project | research on the atomic bomb |
| marshall plan | plan to strengthen democratic government, US helps Europe help countries rebuild after WWII |
| Mein Kampf | hitler's book- My Struggle |
| nazi-soviet pact | hitler and stalin would form peaceful relations, non agression pact, hitler broke it |
| pacifism | opposition to all war |
| potsdam conference | allies gave japan an ultimatum to surrender |
| Sudetenland | region of western Czechoslovakia |
| the Big Three | Roosevelt (US) Stalin (Soviet Union) Churchill (Great Britain) |
| united nations | goal was to maintain peace throughout the world, international organization after WWII |
| V-E Day | Germany surrenders, Victory in Europe, May 8, 1945 |
| weimer republic | democratic party in Germany after WWII which allowed rise of dictators |
| yalta conference | roosevelt, churchill, and stalin agree Soviet Union will enter war against Japan |
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