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Question 1

Appeasement

Answer 1

the action or process of appeasing

Question 2

Pacifism

Answer 2

the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.

Question 3

Anschluss

Answer 3

the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938.

Question 4

Axis Powers

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

Stalingrad

Answer 5

A major battle between German and Soviet troops in World War II. The battle was fought in the winter of 1942–1943 and ended with the surrender of an entire German army. Stalingrad is considered a major turning point of the war in favor of the Allies.

Question 6

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 6

signed by Hitler and Stalin, said that the Germans and Soviets would not fight each other/invade each other for 10 years, allowed the Germans to invade Poland soon after pact was signed

Question 7

Luftwaffe

Answer 7

was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.

Question 8

Blitzkrieg

Answer 8

German term meaning “lightning war”, used to describe Germany’s novel military tactics in World War II, which involved the rapid movement of infantry, tanks, and airpower over large areas

Question 9

Dunkirk

Answer 9

city in the northwest corner of France where the allied troops were trapped by the advancing Germany Army. 800 British ships, ranging from warships to fishing boats, crossed the channel from England to rescue over 300,000 British and French troops

Question 10

Vichy

Answer 10

Puppet state established by Germany in southern france after the German invasion

Question 11

Lend Lease Act

Answer 11

Allowed FDR to sell of lend war materials to “any country whose defense the PResident deems vital to the defense of the US”

Question 12

Holocaust

Answer 12

the Nazis had massacred six million Jews including Jehovah Witnesses, disabled, gay, and anyone who showed hated towards Germany

Question 13

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 13

popular name for women who worked in war industries during WWII.

Question 14

Aircraft carrier

Answer 14

ships that transport aircraft and accommodate the take-off and landing airplanes

Question 15

D-day

Answer 15

allied forces under dwight d. eisenhower landed on the beaches of normandy in history’s greatest naval invasion.

Question 16

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 16

was an American politician and Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961

Question 17

Yalta Conference

Answer 17

here, the three leaders agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within three months of Germany’s surrender

Question 18

Island Hopping

Answer 18

during WWII, Allied strategy of recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others

Question 19

VE Day

Answer 19

Victory in Europe

Question 20

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 20

United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific

Question 21

Kamikaze

Answer 21

pilots who undertook suicide missions

Question 22

VJ Day

Answer 22

Victory over Japan Day September 2nd

Question 23

Manhattan Project

Answer 23

code name for the project to build the first atomic bomb

Question 24

Hiroshima

Answer 24

mid-sized city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped

Question 25

Nagasaki

Answer 25

city in Japan where the second atomic bomb was dropped

Question 26

Nuremberg

Answer 26

a city in southern Germany where Hitler staged Nazi rallies in the 1930’s and where Nazi crime trials were held after WWII

Question 27

United Nations

Answer 27

international organization established after WWII with the goal of maintain peace and cooperation in the international community

Question 28

Truman Doctrine

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Marshall Plan

Answer 29

massive aid package offered by the IS to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII

Question 30

NATO (Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Answer 30

a military alliance between several North Atlantic states to safeguard them from the presumed threat of the Soviet Union’s communist bloc; countries from other regions later joined the alliance

Question 31

Warsaw Pact

Answer 31

mutual-defense alliance between the Soviet union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe set up in 1955.