WWII

Joseph Stalin

soviet union

Franklin Roosevelt

United States

Benito Mussolini

italy

Adolf Hitler

Germany

Winston Churchil

United Kingdom

Appeasement

giving someone what they want to prevent them from being angry or causing harm

Lend-Lease Act

allowed the United States to provide war supplies to nations deemed vital to its defense, primarily Great Britain

Allied Powers

Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Pearl Harbor

surprise military strike by Japan on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941

Atomic bombing

the United States detonated atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, marking the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare

Manhattan Project

 a top-secret U.S. government program during World War II to develop the first atomic bomb

Supplying the Allied Powers

 The Allied Powers were supplied by the United States through the Lend-Lease Act, a program that allowed the US to provide military and other aid to countries deemed vital to US defense 

Battle of Midway

a naval battle between the United States and Japan, fought near Midway Island in the Pacific. It's considered a turning point in the war

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy, France. This was a massive amphibious landing

Iwo Jima

a crucial battle fought between the US and Japanese forces on the small, volcanic island. The island was strategically important because of its airfields, which could be used to support American bombing raids on Japan.

Kamikaze pilots

Japanese suicide pilots in World War II who deliberately crashed their planes into Allied targets, primarily naval vessels, to inflict maximum damage

Nisei

The second-generation children of Japanese immigrants born in the United States

Battle of the Bulge

 the last major German offensive.  It involved a surprise attack by German forces against American troops, aiming to push back the Allied line and capture the Antwerp port