Giving in to someone's demands in order to avoid conflict

adding land to a country without conflict

September 1, 1939 German invasion of

Japan's solution to its economic problems

punishing with financial and trade penalties rather than military

lightning war

aerial invasion by the Germans in 1940-1941 - one of 2 major defeats

German invasion of this country in 1941 after the Battle of Britain

An act passed by the US in 1941 allowing Roosevelt to lend weapons and other supplies to countries that were important to the interests of the US

Invasion by the Japanese on the US in 1941 resulting in the US declaring war on Japan

leapfrog strategy by the US in the Pacific that allowed the US to "take back" smaller islands controlled by Japan on their way to the mainland

Major turning point in the war in Europe - defeat of the Germans by the Soviets in 1943

Allied invasion of France to liberate the French from German control

An extremely powerful bomb that derives its power from the nuclear fission of atoms

cities attacked by the US dropping of atomic bombs resulting in surrender of the Japanese on September 2, 1945