The Allies

The Allies of the WWI fought against the Central Powers.

Anschluss

Anshluss name of events when Germany took control of Austria.

Appeasement

Appeasement was present in France and Britain to Germany. 

giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace

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Armistice

Armistice helps to grantee a time of peace.

Aryans

The Aryans were known as the "dominant race" by Hitler.

someone from Northern Europe, especially someone with blond hair and blue eyes

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The Battle of Alamein

Many events had occurred in The Battle of Alamein.

In Egypt, the British finally stopped the German advance during the long Battle. They then turned the tables on the Germans, driving the Axis forces back across Libya into Tunisia.

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Atlantic Charter

Atlantic Charter helped to decided how the war was going to be won.

Aug. 1941, Roosevelt & Churchill met on a warship in the Atlantic in which the 2 leaders set goals for the war (such as "the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny") and for the postwar world

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Battle of Midway

If the U.S. did not figure out Japan's trap, the Battle of Midway could have been a huge loss for the U.S.

June 4-7, 1942 (6 months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor); The United States discovers Japan's intended trap at the Midway Atoll and instead the U.S. ambushes the Japanese and they suffer heavy losses and never really recover from this counter-attack

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Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad was very costly on each side.

a major tuning point in the Soviet Union, and one of the costliest of the war; In 1942, Hitler was determined to take Stalin's namesake city & Stalin was equally determined not to let it fall; the Soviets end up encircling their attackers and the Germans finally surrender in Jan. 1943

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Battle of the Bulge

It was cold and winterlike with snow during the Battle of the Bulge.

Dec. 1944 - Jan 1945; Germany launches its last massive counterattack of WWII, and there were great losses on both sides; the U.S. suffers the most casualties here out of all the WWII battles: 19,000 dead: Germany holds off Allied advance for about 6 week but eventually loses their foothold

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Berlin Blockade/Airlift:

Berlin Blockade/Airlift was an attempt from Stalin at trying to take over full control of Berlin. 

June 1948 - May 1949, during the Cold War, Stalin tries to completely control Berlin, even though it was occupied and divided by all 4 victorious Allies, by sealing off every railroad and highway into the Western sectors of the city. Western powers responded to the blockade by supplying West Berliners with food and fuel via cargo planes for more than a year - and the Soviets end their blockade but tensions between the countries grows deeper

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Big Three

Little trust stood between the Big Three.

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin

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Blitzkrieg

Blitskrieg also known as "lightning war" helped Hitler to gain more land. 

"lightning war", where Hitler used improved tank & airpower technology to strike a devastating blow against the enemy

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Cold War

Cold War had much tension and hostality. 

this unfriendly relationship between the US and the Soviet Union after the Second World War

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D-Day

When the Allies had invaded france that was called D-Day.

June 6, 1944; Allies invade France; 176,000 troops land on the beaches of Normandy

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The Final Solution

The Final Solution was a plan that was to eliminate all Jewish people from Europe.

Adolf Hitler's plan to remove Jewish people from Europe by killing them all

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Guernica

Guernica a town around northern Spain that was destroyed by German aircraft bombs.

Haile Selassie

Halie Selassie helped to modernize Ethiopia.

the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, who is remembered especially for having modernized his country

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Munich Conference

The Munich Conference persuaded the Czechs to give up Sudetenland to Hitler.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima was a city in Japan that got destroyed by a nuclear bomb from the U.S.

a city in Japan which was destroyed in 1945 during World War II, when a U.S. nuclear bomb was dropped on it, killing very many people

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Kamikaze Pilots

Some Japanese were known as Kamikaze Pilots  who committed suicide after crashing into American warships.

Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions, crashing their explosive-laden airplanes into American warships

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Reparations

Germany had to pay off reparations after WWI.

Miracle of Dunkirk

Miracle of Dunkirk which was a heroic rescue that helped to save more than 300,000 troops.

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Nazi-Soviet Pact which was between Hitler and Stalin determining peaceful relations.

NATO

NATO was a group of countries that helped each other by giving military support.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; a group of countries including the US and several European countries, which give military help to each other

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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor was a naval base in Hawaii that got attacked by Japanese planes.

an important US naval base in Hawaii, which was suddenly attacked by Japanese planes in December 1941. Many warships were destroyed or damaged, and this caused great shock and anger in the US, and made the US start fighting in World War II.

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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis was an agreement to fight the Soviet Union, that also did not interfere with one another's separate plans.

The Axis Powers; the 3 countries agreed to fight Soviet communism, and not to interfere with one another's for territorial expansion

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Treaty of Versailles (regards to Germany)

Germany defied the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the Rhineland.

a peace agreement made in 1919 at Versailles in France, following the defeat of Germany in World War I, between Germany and the allies (=the countries that fought against Germany in the war, including France, Russia, the UK, and the US). According to the treaty, Germany lost some of its land and had to agree to pay large amounts of money to the allies for damage caused by the war. The treaty also established the League of Nations

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League of Nations

League of Nations was an international organization that was replaced by the United Nations.

an international organization that was established after World War I to encourage countries to work together and achieve international peace. It was replaced in 1946 by the United Nations

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Total War

Total War is when all the nation's resources are put into a war effort.

channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort

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Truman Doctrine

Truman Doctrine was a policy that tried to contain the spread of communism.

United States policy, established in 1947, of trying to contain the spread of communism

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United Nations

United Nations helped to talk about certain international issues.

1st meeting in April 1945, 50 nations met to draft the charter for the UN; each member nation has 1 vote in the General Assembly; a smaller body, the Security Council has greater power and is made up of 5 permanent members: The U.S., Russia, Britain, France, and China; final ratification in Oct. 1945; currently 192 member countries

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V-E day

V-E day was the day in which Europe celebrated after the victory of WWII.

Victory in Europe Day; May 8th 1945, the day on which victory in Europe in World War II was celebrated

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