Download World war II Vocabulary II

Demilitarization
Nuremburg Trials
Marshal Plan
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Battle of Britain
Holocaust
Genocide
United Nations
Iron Curtain
Containment
Reconstruction
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Final Solution
Blitzkrieg
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Appeasement
Disbanding of the Japanese
military following there defeat.
Disbanding of the Japanese
military following their defeat.
Court proceedings in
Nuremburg Germany in
which NAZI leaders were
tried for war crimes.
Court
proceedings
in
Nuremburg
Germany in
which NAZI
leaders were
tried for war
crimes.
U.S. program of economic
aid to help rebuild
European countries after
WWII.
U.S.
program of
economic
aid to help
rebuild
European
countries
after WWII.
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization – Defensive
military alliance between
W. European countries,
USA, & Canada.
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
– Defensive
military
alliance
between W.
European
countries,
USA, &
Canada.
Military alliance formed
by Soviet Union &
eastern European
countries following
WWII.
Military alliance formed by Soviet
Union & eastern European
countries following WWII.
International
peacekeeping
organization formed in
1945.
International
peacekeeping
organization
formed in
1945.
Headquarters
in NYC.
An imaginary line
separating the communist
countries of eastern Europe
from the democratic
nations of western Europe.
An imaginary
line separating
the communist
countries of
eastern Europe
from the
democratic
nations of
western Europe.
The policy of the United
States to stop the spread
of communism.
The policy
of the
United
States to
stop the
spread of
communism
.
The effort to rebuild the
war –torn countries of
Europe and Japan
following WWII.
The effort to rebuild the war –torn countries
of Europe and Japan following WWII.
The Japanese cities on
which the U.S. dropped
atomic bombs to end
WWII.
The
Japanese
cities on
which the
U.S.
dropped
atomic
bombs to
end WWII.
 The
military alliance
including Germany, Italy, and
Japan.
 The
military
alliance
including
Germany,
Italy, and
Japan.
 The
military alliance
including Great Britain,
France, Soviet Union, and
the United States.

The military
alliance
including
Great Britain,
France, Soviet
Union, and
the United
States.
A
series of air battles
between Germany and
Great Britain, fought in
Great Britain.
A
series of
air battles
between
Germany
and Great
Britain,
fought in
Great
Britain.
A
genocide carried out
by Nazi forces against
Jews resulting in the
death of over 6 million
Jews.
A
genocide
carried out by
Nazi forces
against Jews
resulting in
the death of
over 6 million
Jews.
 Hitler’s
plan to
systematically wide out
the Jewish population.

Hitler’s
plan to
systemati
cally wide
out the
Jewish
populatio
n.
 “lightning
warfare”
Hitler’s surprise attack
using air and ground
forces.
 “lightning
warfare” Hitler’s
surprise attack using air
and ground forces.
 U.S.
naval base in
Hawaii that was
attacked by Japanese on
December 7, 1941. “A
date which will live in
infamy”

U.S. naval
base in
Hawaii that
was attacked
by Japanese
on December
7, 1941. “A
date which
will live in
infamy”
 June
6, 1944. The allied
invasion of Nazi
occupied France.
 June
6,
1944.
The
allied
invasion
of Nazi
occupied
France.
 Giving
into an aggressor
to avoid conflict.
Giving
into an aggressor
to avoid conflict.
The
systematic
extermination of an
entire group of
people.
The
systematic
extermination of an
entire group of
people.
A
Japanese suicide pilot
A
Japanese suicide pilot.
 An
anti-war position
promoting peace.
 An
anti-war position
promoting peace.

1948 statement by the UN saying
all people had a right to life,
liberty, and security.

1948 statement by the UN saying
all people had a right to life,
liberty, and security.
 1942
sea and air battle in
which a smaller U.S. fleet
defeated a larger Japanese
fleet. The turning point in the
Pacific War.
 1942
sea and air battle in
which a smaller U.S. fleet
defeated a larger Japanese
fleet. The turning point in the
Pacific War.

1942 – 1943 Battle in which
Soviet troops defeated NAZI
troops fro control of the city.
Marks a turning point of NAZI
defeat on the eastern front of the
war.

1942 – 1943 Battle in which
Soviet troops defeated NAZI
troops for control of the city.
Marks a turning point of NAZI
defeat on the eastern front of the
war.
 1944-1945.
Marks the last
major German offensive
movement of the war.
 1944-1945.
Marks the last
major German offensive
movement of the war.
 1942
– 1943 . Allied troops
drove Japanese from island of
Guadalcanal. Marks the first
major Allied offensive
movement against the
Japanese.
 1942
– 1943 . Allied troops
drove Japanese from island of
Guadalcanal. Marks the first
major Allied offensive
movement against the
Japanese.