World War II Vocabulary Flashcards
(48 cards)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
A 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them.
Ethiopia
A rugged, landlocked country split by the Great Rift Valley, with archaeological finds dating back more than 3 million years, it’s a place of ancient culture.
Appeasement
The action or process of appeasing.
Axis Powers
A group of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II, including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
Allied Powers
The victorious allied nations of World War I and World War II.
Munich Conference
An agreement between Britain and Germany in 1938, under which Germany was allowed to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia in which German-speaking peoples lived.
Anti-comitern
An anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, governments) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Third (Communist) International.
German-Soviet Non-aggressive Pact
Nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II.
Sanction
A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
Demilitarized
Remove all military forces from (an area).
Winston Churchill
A British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Charles De Gaulle
A French general and statesman. He was the leader of Free France and the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic.
Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
Sudetenland
The German name to refer to those northern, southern, and western areas of Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by ethnic German speakers, specifically the border districts.
Seige of Leningrad
A prolonged military blockade undertaken mainly by the German Army Group North against Leningrad, historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg.
Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
Phony War
An eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front.
Isolantionist
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Battle of Britain
A military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940.
Lend-lease Act
Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to ‘any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States.
VE Day
The public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
D-Day
The landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
New order
The political order which Nazi Germany wanted to impose on the conquered areas under its dominion.
Final Solution
The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
