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| The Ethiopian king who appealed to the League of Nations for help when they were attacked by Italy |
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| The Axis powers agreed to fight Soviet communism in this agreement |
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| A small Spanish town attacked by German bombers as an experiment |
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| British and French leaders chose appeasement to Hitler's demands at this meeting |
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| The British prime minister who falsely told the people of England peace had been achieved |
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| This bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations |
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| Giving in to demands of an aggressor to keep peace |
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| The union of Austria and Germany |
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| During this war, the British and French waited for an attack by Hitler that never came |
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| A beach where the British sent boats in order to save there troops from a German air-raid |
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| Replaced Chamberlain as prime minister and stood up against the Nazi threat |
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| Hitler's failed attempt to capture this nation through air strikes |
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| Hitler's failed conquest of the Soviet Union |
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| Proposed by FDR so he could "sell or lend war materials to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States" |
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| An American port attacked by Japan that caught the United States by surprise |
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| "Lightning war" where German planes would bomb stuff |
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| Used to detect submarines |
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| A time period where thousands of Jews and other minority groups were prosecuted by the Nazis |
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| Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere |
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| Japan's self-proclaimed mission to help Asians escape western colonial rule and in doing so create a Japaneses empire |
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| The long, fierce battle where the British stopped the enemy from advancing in Egypt |
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| The costly battle where the tables where turned on Hitler when Stalin's army defeated the Nazis |
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| This day was June 6,1944 and the day of the Allies failed invasion of France |
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| A person who cooperates with the enemy |
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| Payment for damages caused by the imprisonment |
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| A battle where the US severely damaged Japans navel power and stopped their advances |
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| A bloody, month-long battle that was Hitler's last success even though it delayed Allied advances |
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| V-E Day (Victory in Europe) |
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| This was the day after WWII and was May 8, 1945 |
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| The American president after FDR who decided to set off the atomic bomb on Japan |
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| The US campaign that was used to recapture some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others |
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| Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions |
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| The group devoted to keeping world peace and setting up agencies to better others' lives |
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| The nickname for the division of Europe that was a symbol of the Cold War |
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| The doctrine that supports free people resisting the attempted subjugation of armed minorities or outside pressures |
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| The response to Stalin's blockade by sending cargo planes to West Berliners with food and fuel |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
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| The military alliance that pledged to help one another if any one of them was attacked |
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| The Soviet Union's military alliance that was used as a weapon to keep their satellites in order |
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| Limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control |
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