World History Chatper 22 BJU 5th ed

Hirohito — Emperor of Japan during World War II who supported Japan’s expansion in Asia and was in power when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

Chiang Kai-shek — Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party after Sun Yat-sen who fought both the Chinese Communists and the Japanese.

Mao Zedong — Leader of the Chinese Communists during China’s civil war.

Third Reich — The empire of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945.

Rome-Berlin Axis — The alliance formed between fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in 1936.

Anti-Comintern Pact — A 1936 agreement between Germany and Japan, later joined by Italy, that was directed against communism and especially the Soviet Union.

Francisco Franco — Spanish general whose forces won the Spanish Civil War and who became dictator of Spain.

Neville Chamberlain — Prime minister of Great Britain who tried to avoid war with Hitler through appeasement.

Munich Conference — The 1938 meeting where Britain and France allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

appeasement — A policy of giving concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict.

Winston Churchill — British leader who strongly opposed appeasement and led Britain during much of World War II.

Pact of Steel — The military alliance between Germany and Italy made in 1939.

Luftwaffe — Nazi Germany’s air force.

blitzkrieg — “Lightning war”; a fast, powerful style of attack using tanks and aircraft to break through enemy lines quickly.

sitzkrieg — “Sitting war”; the early period of World War II in the West when there were no major offensives.

Vidkun Quisling — A Norwegian traitor who helped the Germans; his name became associated with collaborators.

Maginot Line — A line of French forts and defenses built along France’s border with Germany.

Vichy France — The part of France left under a French government after France surrendered to Germany in 1940.

Charles de Gaulle — Leader of the Free French movement, which continued fighting against the Axis after France fell.

Erwin Rommel — German general in North Africa known as the “Desert Fox.”

RAF — The British Royal Air Force, which played a major role in defending Britain during the Battle of Britain.

Lend-Lease Act — A U.S. law that allowed the president to provide military supplies to countries important to American security.

Atlantic Charter — An agreement between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt that outlined shared goals for the world after the war.

Hideki Tojo — Japanese military leader who became the virtual dictator of Japan in 1941.

Bernard L. Montgomery — British general who defeated German forces in North Africa at El Alamein.

Dwight D. Eisenhower — American general who led Allied forces in North Africa and later served as supreme commander for the invasion of France.

Operation Overlord — The code name for the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

D-day — June 6, 1944, the day the Allied invasion of Normandy began.

Douglas MacArthur — American general in the Pacific who escaped the Philippines, promised to return, and later did.

kamikaze — Japanese suicide pilots who crashed explosive-filled planes into enemy ships.

Battle of the Bulge — Germany’s last major offensive in Western Europe, which used up much of its remaining strength.

Yalta Conference — The 1945 meeting where Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin discussed plans for the end of the war and postwar Europe.

V-E Day — Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe ended.

Holocaust — Nazi Germany’s attempt to exterminate the Jewish people, resulting in the murder of millions.

Harry Truman — U.S. president who represented America at Potsdam and ordered the use of atomic bombs against Japan.

Hiroshima — The Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945.

Nagasaki — The Japanese city where the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

V-J Day — Victory in Japan Day, September 2, 1945, when Japan formally surrendered.

United Nations — An international organization founded in 1945 to help maintain world peace and security.

Secretariat — The administrative branch of the United Nations, led by the Secretary-General.

General Assembly — The branch of the United Nations in which all member nations are represented.

Security Council — The branch of the United Nations with enforcement power, made up of five permanent members and ten non-permanent members.

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Hirohito

Emperor of Japan during World War II who supported Japan’s expansion in Asia and was in power when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

Chiang Kai-shek

Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party after Sun Yat-sen who fought both the Chinese Communists and the Japanese.

Mao Zedong

Leader of the Chinese Communists during China’s civil war.

Third Reich

The empire of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945.

Rome-Berlin Axis

The alliance formed between fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in 1936.

Anti-Comintern Pact

A 1936 agreement between Germany and Japan, later joined by Italy, that was directed against communism and especially the Soviet Union.

Francisco Franco

Spanish general whose forces won the Spanish Civil War and who became dictator of Spain.

Neville Chamberlain

Prime minister of Great Britain who tried to avoid war with Hitler through appeasement.

Munich Conference

The 1938 meeting where Britain and France allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

appeasement

A policy of giving concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict.

Winston Churchill

British leader who strongly opposed appeasement and led Britain during much of World War II.