Unit 12 Vocab Words

When Mussolini and Hitler made a formal alliance

The Night of Broken Glass when Nazis unleashed a violent attack on the Jewish community

When Britain, France and Italy agreed to let Germany take over the Sudentenland.

When the US wanted to uphold free trade and the right for people to choose their own government.

Lightning war, the fast movement of troops and armies

When the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France -- launching an invasion

When Europe divided into hostile camps after WWII

when Britain, the US and the Soviet Union met, which began with a cloud of mistrust between the Soviets and Americans

Development of the atomic bomb, a nuclear weapon

A new technology that helped Britain to see German planes in the Battle of Britain