WWII Vocab B

The brutal, forced transfer of roughly 72,000–78,000 Filipino and American POWs by the Imperial Japanese Army over ~65 miles (105 km) in the Philippines

• Bataan Death March
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nuremberg Trials

A top-secret U.S.-led World War II program (1942–1946) to develop the world's first atomic weapons

• Manhattan Project
• Bataan Death March
• Hiroshima
• Nuremberg Trials

The first city targeted by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945, which killed over 70,000–80,000 immediately and tens of thousands more later

• Bataan Death March
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nuremberg Trials

A series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces—USA, UK, USSR, and France—in Nuremberg, Germany, to prosecute high-level Nazi political, military, and economic leaders for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity

• Bataan Death March
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nuremberg Trials

The second city targeted by a U.S. atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, accelerating Japan's WWII surrender and initiating the nuclear era

• Nagasaki
• United Nations
• Cold War
• Truman Doctrine

An international organization founded on October 24, 1945, in the aftermath of World War II, replacing the League of Nations to prevent future global conflicts and promote peace, security, and human rights.

• Nagasaki
• United Nations
• Cold War
• Truman Doctrine

The post-WWII era of intense geopolitical tension, ideological conflict, and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union

• Nagasaki
• United Nations
• Cold War
• Truman Doctrine

A 1947 U.S. foreign policy pledge to provide military and economic aid to nations resisting communist expansion, specifically Greece and Turkey.

• Nagasaki
• United Nations
• Cold War
• Truman Doctrine

A U.S.-led initiative enacted in 1948 that provided over a billion in economic assistance to rebuild Western European economies after World War II.

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Warsaw Pact

A political and military alliance founded on April 4, 1949, in Washington, D.C., to provide collective security against Soviet expansionism in Europe following World War II.

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Warsaw Pact