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"lightning war"; a tatic used by Germany for a quick victory over Poland (surrounded Poland in 16 days and took it in 26)
on September 1st, 1939 |
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| Italy dictator during WWII who lead the fascist party |
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| USSR leader who lead the communist party |
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| US general who was a leader during WWII |
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| December 1944 war that was fought in the very cold weather and Allies ended up winning against Germany |
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| Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) where the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany |
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| The day that Hitler committed suicide along with his wife, Eva. |
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| the two cities in Japan that were attacked by the US with the atomic bomb in August 6th and 9th, 1945 |
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| Japan's attack on the US in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 which left many dead and the loss of 3 battleships |
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| Home Front board that directed existing factories into wartime production |
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| Selective Training and Service Act |
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| the first peacetime draft from men ages of 21-35 |
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| the turning point for the Allies which led to Japan being disabled and turn into defensive mode and also lose the Pacific Fleet |
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| D-Day where the Allies invaded France and used Operation Overlord during the Normandy Landings |
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| was important because of the oil in the Middle East and could not be lost do to ports and resources |
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| Nazi Germany dictator who led from 1933 to his suicide in 1945 |
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| the code name for Germany's invasion on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 where over 4.5 million Axis power troopers were involved |
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| first Allie win where Hitler post-poned the war and turned elsewhere |
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| US general/leader who made a major contribution to winning the war by guiding the US forces and emerged as a leader during the North Africa campaign |
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| what Hitler believed all people should look like: blonde hair, blue eyes, white, German boy |
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| general that led the US troops when they landed at Normandy |
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| US Army Chief of Staff and key Allied strategist who led Operation Overlord |
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| February 1945 President FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met to plan the postwar peace |
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| general who commanded the invasion force of US and British soldiers and later became president in 1952 |
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| Nazi Germany's systematic mass murder of European Jews (also killed communists, gypsies, homosexuals, and Jehovah' witnesses) |
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