appeasement - giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace, pacificism - opposition to all war, Neutrality Acts - laws passed in the 1930s in the U.S. to avoid war, Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan, Anschluss - union of Austria and Germany, Winston Churchill - leader of Great Britain during WWII, Nazi-Soviet Pact - nonaggression pact signed by Hitler and Stalin, blitzkrieg - lightning war, Germany's war strategy, Luftwaffe - German air force, Vichy - captial city where"puppet state" is created by Germany to rule Southern France, Erwin Rommel - German general known as the "Desert Fox" , Franklin Roosevelt - leader of the U.S. during WWII, Lend-Lease Act - allowed the president of the U.S. to sell or lease war materials to countries whose defense was vital to the defense of the U.S., Atlantic Charter - agreement signed by Churchill and Roosevelt to set goals for the war, Hideki Tojo - becomes Prime Minister of Japan in 1941, concentration camp - detention centers for civilians who were considered enemies of the state, Auschwitz - largest Nazi death camp, internment - confinement during war time, Rosie the Riveter - character used to symbolize the women that stepped up to help with the war effort at home, aircraft carriers - ships that transport aircraft and accomodate take-offs and landings, Dwight Eisenhower - American General that led the D-Day invasion, Stalingrad - Soviet city named after Joseph Stalin, D-Day - Allied invasion of France on June 6th, 1944, Yalta Conference - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet here to discuss the final stages of the war and for post-war Europe, V-E Day - Victory in Europe, Manhattan Project - the secret mission to devolp and test the first atomic bomb, Harry Truman - became President of the U.S. after the death of FDR, Nuremberg Trials - trials held for Germans and Austrians that were accused of war crimes, United Nations - replaced the League of Nations as a global peace keeping body,

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