World War 2 Terms

Military blockade

Top secret World War II government program in which the U.S. rushed to develop and deploy the worlds first atomic wepons

large prison areas used to hold people for political reasons where prisoners were/are tortured and/or killed

bring together

persons killed or injured in a war or accident

strategy used to capture key islands to use as bases

foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country though negotiation in order to prevent war; giving in to keep peace

leader with absolute power that rules by force

attempt to kill an entire population

to make scarce items available to people on a limited basis

match the definition: kamikaze

lightning war; sudden, fast attack

Code-talkers are

hatred of the Jewish people

crowded. uncomfortable, temporary residential areas where Japanese Americans were relocated

not helping or supporting either side in a conflict; disagreement

A device that derives it's destructive power from the rapid release of fission of heavy atomic nuclei

giving up military weapons

Totalitarian is

mass slaughter of of the Jews by the Nazis

harassing or oppressing a group based on the basis ,or political or religious beliefs