Unit 7: World War II

Bushido

Japanese code of morals and honor

Nazis

Members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party that led Germany during WWII

Adolf Hitler

Leader of Germany and the Nazi Party during WWII

Battle of Britain

Series battles between the air forces of Germany and Great Britain from August to October of 1940

Axis

Military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan

Isolationism

A policy of not getting involved with other countries

Lend Lease Act

Law allowing the president to sell weapons to countries fighting the Axis powers

Geneva Convention

Established rules of warfare including the humane treatment of prisoners of war

Bataan Death March

The forced march of American and Filipino POWs.  Resulted in over 5,000 casualties

Retooling

The act of changing a factory to make war materials

Rationing

Providing only a certain amount of something on a regular basis

Rosie the Riveter

American icon who represented women who worked in factories during WWII

Censorship

Official examination of communication materials in order to suppress unacceptable elements or parts found within

Battle of El Alamein

British victory over German troops in Egypt that prevented Germany from capturing the Suez Canal

Battle of Stalingrad

Soviet Union defeat of German troops in a months-long siege in late 1942 and early 1943. Battle marked the turning point in the war for eastern Europe

D-Day

Successful allied amphibious landing in Normandy, France.  Marked the beginning of the  liberation of western Europe

Tuskegee Airmen

African American fighter squadron during WWII

Navajo Code Talkers

American Indian soldiers who successfully used their native language do send messages during WWII

Battle of Midway

Marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific 

Battle of Okinawa

Last major amphibious battle of WWII

Genocide

The systematic and purposeful destruction of a group of people

Holocaust

The murder of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis

Final Solution

Nazi Germany’s plan to exterminate all the Jewish people under their control

Nuremberg Trials

Trials of Nazi leaders for war crimes committed during World War II held in Nuremberg, Germany