World War II Terms and Figures

A meeting between Germany, Great Britain and France during which Hitler was given the Sudetenland.

• Munich Conference

• Versailles Treaty

• Yalta Conference

• Treaty of Trianon

To wipe out an entire group of people.

• Genocide

• Epidemic

• Massacre

• Extermination

A leader who controls a nation by force, not elected by the people.

• Monarch

• Dictator

• President

• Prime Minister

Allies which consisted mainly of the United States, Britain, France and Russia.

• Central Powers

• Allied Nations

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

August 15, 1945 the day in which Japan ceased fighting in World War II.

• V-J Day

• D-Day

• Pearl Harbor Day

• Armistice Day

An agreement made by Britain and the United States outlining goals for the world after “the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny.

• Atlantic Charter

• Treaty of Versailles

• Munich Agreement

• Potsdam Declaration

The first African American unit created in the air force called the 99th Pursuit Squadron.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Red Tails

• Black Eagles

• Freedom Flyers

A top-secret mission created by President Roosevelt (and supported by Great Britain and Canada) to develop the first atomic bomb.

• The Manhattan Project

• The Apollo Program

• The Marshall Plan

• The New Deal

Created when President Roosevelt ordered the army to relocate more than 100,000 Japanese Americans who were living on the West Coast to detention centers.

• Japanese Internment Camp

• Japanese Resettlement Center

• Japanese Detention Facility

• Japanese Refugee Camp

An American military base which was attacked on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese.

• Pearl Harbor

• Fort Knox

• Guantanamo Bay

• Andersen Air Force Base