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People to Know
Chamberlain - English prime minister who gave in to Hitler’s demands
Eisenhower - American general who defeated Axis troops in North Africa
Franco - Dictator in Spain
Hirohito - Emperor of Japan
MacArthur - Supreme Allied commander in the Pacific
Montgomery - British general that defended Egypt
Pollock - Developed abstract expressionistic painting
Rommel - German general
Tojo - Japanese general
Things to Know
A Cold War describes political rivalry that stops short of actual war
Appeasement - Avoiding conflict by making concessions
At the Munich Conference Britain and France let Hitler take the Sudetenland
Bad weather conditions delayed Germany’s air force for nine days
preventing the bombing of the Allied forces at Dunkirk
Existentialism - The philosophy that encouraged free choice and accepting consequences
Germany bombed London in preparation for a land invasion of the British Isles
Germany invaded Poland on September 1
1939
Germany marched into Poland encountering armed Polish resistance
Hitler referred to his German empire as the Third Reich
In the Battle of the Bulge Hitler’s forces unsuccessfully attempted to break the Allied line
Italy and Japan were members of the Axis powers
Japan surrendered and ended its involvement in the war on September 2
1945