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World War II Vocabulary Preview

World War II Vocabulary Preview. 1. Final Solution. Hitler’s plan to rid Europe of Jews. 2. War Guilt Clause. A provision of the Treaty of Versailles which stipulated Germany must accept blame for starting WWI. 3. Appeasement. An act of giving in to what is demanded in

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World War II Vocabulary Preview

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  1. World War II Vocabulary Preview

  2. 1. Final Solution Hitler’s plan to rid Europe of Jews 2. War Guilt Clause A provision of the Treaty of Versailles which stipulated Germany must accept blame for starting WWI. 3. Appeasement An act of giving in to what is demanded in order to calm, pacify, or maintain peace.

  3. 4. Annex To add territory to an existing country or other area. 5. Axis Powers Germany, Italy, and Japan 6. Blitzkrieg “Lightening War” conducted by the Germans. 7. Liberate To set free from confinement or foreign control

  4. 8. Lend-lease Program A World War II policy of the United States allowing the loan of military equipment and supplies to friendly countries. 9. Expansionism The act of increasing the size of a country by acquiring new territories or land areas. 10. VE Day Victory in Europe. Germans were defeated and surrendered, May 7, 1945.

  5. 11. VJ Day Victory in the Pacific over Japan. Japan surrendered September 2, 1945. 12. “Island Hopping”or“Leapfrogging” A US strategy of bypassing islands in the Pacific heavily secured by the Japanese in favor of taking islands that were strategically located in the drive to reach the main islands of Japan, yet easier to seize, thus saving countless American lives. 13. Sudetenland The region of northwest Czechoslovakia that Hitler demanded be given to Germany on Sept. 12, 1938.

  6. 14. Cash- and- Carry Policy World War II program allowing Great Britain to pay cash and transport needed supplies from the US. 15. Isolationism A governmental policy based on the belief that a nation’s interests are best served by avoiding economic, political, and military alliances with other countries. 16. Allied Powers (Allies) United States, United Kingdom(Great Britain), Soviet Union, Nationalist China, Free French

  7. 17. Neutrality Acts Acts passed by the US Congress in 1937, prohibiting arms shipments, loans, and credit to belligerent nations.

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