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VUS 11 & 12 Part 1

Terms in this set (12)

Appeasement
Giving someone what they want hoping to satisfy their demands
Isolationism
the United States' policy of not getting involved at the beginning of World War II
Invasion of Poland
The European event that started World War II
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed the US government to lend or rent military equipment to nations fighting the Axis powers
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese sneak attack that caused the United States to join World War II
The Battle of Britain
The British victory at this battle stopped Hitler's desire to invade Britain
The Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet victory at this battle stopped Hitler and Germany's advance into the Soviet Union
D-Day
American and British forces stormed that beaches of German-occupied Normandy, France. Allied attempt to liberate Europe from Nazis
Island Hopping
the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
The Miracle at Midway
The U.S. Navy defeated a much larger Japanese fleet, ending the Japanese attempt to invade Hawaii
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These two Japanese cities were devastated by atomic bombs dropped by U.S. military forces in 1945, at the end of World War II. Convinced the Japanese to surrender.
Bataan Death March
American Prisoners of War (POWs) were tortured by the Japanese in the Philippines
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