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League of Nations
An international organization created after the first First World War to prevent another war. -
Nisei
Japanese immigrant's children born and educated in the U.S. -
Appeasement
Granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace -
Japan overruns Mancuria
- competing with western nations to build an empire
- Soon after they withdraw from League of nations
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Third Reich
Hitler begins to go against the orders in the Treaty of Versailles, -
Holocaust
Development of Jewish ghetto in cities. Concentration Camps became sites of forced labor and murder. Genocide - mass killing of over six million jews. -
Neutrality Acts
Laws enacted to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Ethiopian king will ask the League of Nations for help. The League will seek penalties for violating international law, however, they have no power to enforce these penalties. In 1936, Italy conquers Ethiopia -
Kristallnacht
"The night of broken glass" - anti-semitic riots in Germany and Austria. 30,000 jews were rounded up and taken into concentration camps. Homes, businesses & synagogues were destroyed. -
The Munich Agreement
Agreement between Britain and Germany which said that Germany was allowed to take Czechoslovakia if they did not make war with Britain. -
Germany invades Poland
Two days after Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declare war. -
Axis Powers
The group of nations including Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allies in WWII -
Lend-Lease Act
Law that allowed shipping of war supplies without immediate payment to nations fight against the Axis Powers -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for the purpose of cripple the U.S. fleet so they would not be able to interfere with Japan. 2,403 died and America declared war on Japan the next day, Germany and Italy declared war on America Dec 8, 1941. The U.S. was now officially in the war and their isolationism was over. -
Allies
Group of nations originally consisting of Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union and later joined by the United States. -
European Theater
The fighting that took place in Europe was named the "European Theatre".
Britain alone against Ger
The Supreme Allied Commander of the European Theatre, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, and his Allies Powers first invaded Italy through Sicily. Mussolini was overthrown and killed. Eastern Front: Nazis lost the bloody battle against the Russians in Stalingrad, turning point for the Allies. Western Front (D-Day): Largest military invasion in history, Allies success allowed them to push further into France -
Island Hopping
Island Hopping was a strategy used by Colonel James Doolittle to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific -
Key Victories for the Allies
Battle of Midway: Balance of Power in the Pacific shifted towards the Allies. Battle of Guadalcanal: All momentum shifted to the US Battle of Iwo Jima: Put the Americans within striking distance of Japanese home islands. They could now atomic bomb Japan. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's last major offense. Allies pushed from the west through France, South through Italy, and from the East (soviets). Germany was simply surrounded -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the end of the final stage of the war, US detonated an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The bombing resulted in Japan surrendering.
