World War 2 Vocabulary (World History)

Lightning war.

code name for the project to build the first atomic bomb during World War II.

The forced march of Filipino and American prisoners under brutal conditions by the Japanese.

act that allowed to sell or lend war supplies to any country who fought against the Axis.

Union of Austria and Germany

Allied strategy of recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, the day the Allies won World War II in Europe.

Opposition to all War.

Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission.

City in Japan where the second atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945

The systematic genocide of about six million European Jews by the Nazis during World War II.

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, made agreements regarding the end of World War II.

Policy of giving into an aggressor’s demands in order to keep the peace.

A city in Southern Germany wher Nazi war crimes trials were held after World War II.

International organization established  with the goal of maintaining peace.

Detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state.

A region of western Czechoslovakia.

Group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in WorldWar II.

Code name for the day that Allied Forces invaded France during World War II, June 6,1944

City in Japan where the second atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945

A city in southwestern Russia that was the site of a fierce battleduring World War II.