WWII Vocab (1st set)
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Laws designed to keep the US out of WWII
Neutrality Acts
Germany, Italy, Japan during the War
Axis Powers
US, Britain, Soviet Union, France during the War
Allied Powers
Prime Minister of England, replaced Chamberlain during the War
Winston Churchill
Heavy use of tanks and planes to quickly overwhelm the enemy
Blitzkrieg (Lightning War)
Agreement between FDR and Churchill that…
Allows free trade
Ends Colonization
Starts a “United Nations”
Atlantic Charter
Date that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
12-7-41
Japanese admiral, planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto
When the US puts all Japanese - Americans on the West Coast into relocation camps
Internment
1943 Supreme Court Case that upheld interment as legal
Korematsu vs. US
Supreme Commander of all allied forces in EUROPE during WWII
Dwight D. Eisenhower (nicknamed Ike)
Supreme Commander of all allied forces in the PACIFIC during WWII
Douglas MacArthur
American general who defeated the Germans in Italy, Africa, and France
George S Petton
Top BRITISH General in WWII
Bernard Montgomery
US Strategy in the Pacific of taking some islands while isolating others
Island Hopping
German soldiers who were trained specifically for desert combat
Afrika Korps
Top GERMAN general in WWII
Erwin Rommel
First meeting of the big 3 (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) where they decided on unconditional surrender for the access.
Tehran Conference
When a country surrenders and “dies”
Unconditional Surrender
Controlled Rationalization and decided what was build during WWII
War Production Board
Cartoon became a symbol of women working in the factories
Rosie the Riveter
Codename for the allied invasion of NORTH AFRICA
Operation Torch
Codename for the allied invasion of ITALY
“Priceless”
Codename for the allied invasion of FRANCE
“Overload”
June 6th 1944, the day the US invaded France
D-Day
Civil Rights leader during the 40’s who made FDR Day all African Americans Equal
A. Philip Randolph
California Riots by white people against Mexican Immigrants
Zoot Suit Riots