World War II Vocabulary

Vocabulary Breakdown In the glossary: Appeasement Axis Powers Isolationism Third Reich Munich Conference Nonaggression Pact Blitzkrieg Atlantic Charter Battle of Midway Battle of Stalingrad Battle of the Bulge Battle of Britain D-Day Kamikaze Allies- The group of nations—including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States—that opposed the Axis Powers in World War II. Emperor Hirohito- Figure head of Japan during World War II Winston Churchill- British Prime Minister during World War II Luftwaffe- German Air Force Lend-Lease Act- The President of the United States could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the United States. Pearl Harbor-Surprise attack on December 7, 1941 by Japan on the American Naval Base. Douglas McArthur- The Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific “Island-Hop”- Allied military strategy in the Pacific of fighting one island to another Dwight D. Eisenhower- American President during World War II

Appeasement The making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid a war.

Axis Powers In World War II, the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which had formed an alliance in 1936.

Isolationism A policy of avoiding political or military involvement

Third Reich The Third German Empire established by Adolf Hitler in the 1930’s

Munich Conference A 1938 meeting of representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Adolf Hitler’s pledge to respect Czechoslovakia’s new leaders.

Nonaggression Pact An agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another

Blitzkrieg “Lightning War”- a form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast-moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces

Atlantic Charter A declaration of principles issued in August 1941 by British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt, on which the Allied peace plan at the end of World War II was based.

Battle of Midway Sea and air battle of World War II, in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific

Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943 battle of World War II, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union

Battle of the Bulge A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II

Battle of Britain A series of battles between German and British air forces, fought over Britain in 1940-1941

D-Day June 6, 1944—the day on which the Allies began their invasion of the European mainland during World War II

Kamikaze During World War II, Japanese suicide pilots trained to sink Allied ships by crashing bomb-filled planes in them.

Allies The group of nations—including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States—that opposed the Axis Powers in World War II.

Emperor Hirohito Figure head of Japan during World War II

Winston Churchill British Prime Minister during World War II

Luftwaffe German Air Force

Lend-Lease Act The President of the United States could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the United States.

Pearl Harbor Surprise attack on December 7, 1941 by Japan on the American Naval Base.

Douglas McArthur The Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific

“Island-Hop” “Island-Hop”- Allied military strategy in the Pacific of fighting one island to another

Dwight D. Eisenhower American President during World War II

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