WWII Vocabulary by Melanie Baker

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WWII Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

APPEASEMENT
Diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions o an enemy power to avoid conflict.

ISOLATIONISM
A policy of remaining apart from other groups affairs

LEND-LEASE ACT
Program under U.S. to help people with weapons

INVASION OF MANCHURIA
On September 18, 1931 Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria.

INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.

INVASION OF POLAND
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September.

INVASION OF SOVIET UNION
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

SALINGRAD
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.l

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D-DAY
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy

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PEARL HARBOR
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.

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ISLAND HOPPING
Island hopping is the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly to the destination. In military ...

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HIROSHIMA
In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wikipedia

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NAGASAKI
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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FINAL SOLUTION
The origin of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler.

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WWII Vocabulary

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

APPEASEMENTDiplomatic policy of making political or material concessions o an enemy power to avoid conflict.

ISOLATIONISMA policy of remaining apart from other groups affairs

LEND-LEASE ACTProgram under U.S. to help people with weapons

INVASION OF MANCHURIAOn September 18, 1931 Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria.

INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIAOn August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.

INVASION OF POLANDOne of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934.

BATTLE OF BRITAINThe Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September.

INVASION OF SOVIET UNIONUnder the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

SALINGRADThe Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.l

D-DAYThe Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy

PEARL HARBORPearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.

ISLAND HOPPINGIsland hopping is the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly to the destination. In military ...

HIROSHIMAIn August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wikipedia

NAGASAKINagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

FINAL SOLUTIONThe origin of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler.

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APPEASEMENT
Diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions o an enemy power to avoid conflict.

ISOLATIONISM
A policy of remaining apart from other groups affairs

LEND-LEASE ACT
Program under U.S. to help people with weapons

INVASION OF MANCHURIA
On September 18, 1931 Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria.

INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.

INVASION OF POLAND
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September.

INVASION OF SOVIET UNION
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

SALINGRAD
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe.l

D-DAY
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy

PEARL HARBOR
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.

ISLAND HOPPING
Island hopping is the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly to the destination. In military ...

HIROSHIMA
In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wikipedia

NAGASAKI
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

FINAL SOLUTION
The origin of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler.