| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Franco | led the army in the spanish civil war against the republic |
| Operation barbarossa | code name for tthe invasion of russia by germany in WWII |
| atlantic charter | pre WWII agreement between roosevelt and churchill |
| manchuria | Japans invasion of this country alienated the United States |
| holocaust | the german systematic extermination of jews |
| nagasaki | second atomic bomb target in japan |
| blitzkrieg | german lightning warfare |
| june 6, 1944 | d-day (date) |
| rommel | the desert fox, commander of german forces in africa |
| sudetenland | czech territory in which 3.5 million germans lived |
| volk | german term for the entire german people |
| petain | leader of the new french government which sued for armistice from germany |
| hirohito | emperor of japan during WWII |
| yalta | meeeting site of the big three at which the idea of the United nations was proposed |
| churchill roosevelt stalin | the big three(men not countries) |
| coral sea | first allied victory in the pacific against japan |
| kamikaze | japanese pilots on suicide mission who delierately flew planes into american battleships |
| italy | the soft underbelly of europe |
| munich agreement | meeting at which it was believed that peace with honor and peace for our time had been gained |
| lebensraum | german word for living space |
| dunkirk | belgian port from which the french and british armies were rescued |
| battle of stalingrad | battle which marked the turning point in the war against russia |
| battle of the bulge | german counteroffensive in the west |
| tokyo bay | where peace was formally signed by the japanese |
| stresa front | agreement among france britain and italy to maintain the status quo in europe |
| anschluss | clearly in violation of the treaty of versailled it was the union of germany and austria |
| chamberlain | british prime minster who abandoned the czech cause to hitlers expansion |
| ethiopia | country attacked by italy without any retaliation by england or france |
| maginot line | french defensive wall against german aggression |
| churchill | prime minister of britain through most of WWII |
| appeasement | policy followed by the western powers as germany rearmed |
| poland | invasion of this country (and nazi soviet alliance) garunteed general war |
| vichy | name of the french government that was set up after the armistice with germany |
| island hopping | american strategy in the pacific to capture strategic sites along the japanese supply line |
| free french | this group established the french fourth republic |
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