Chapter 11 World War II

camp where Japanese Americans were kept during World War II

policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace

a strategy used for attacking and capturing certain key islands and then using these islands as bases to attack others

Which Fascist leader rose to power in Italy?

dislike of or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group

the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis during World War II

Large prison camp used to hold people for political reasons

leader who has absolute power and rules a nation by force

attempt to kill an entire population, such as an ethnic group

August 6, 1945 Where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

1945 What 2 costly Allied victories brought Allies in reach to Japan?

World War II started when

a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target

What event got the United States involved in World War II?

military blockade