Genocide of 12 million Jews & other groups during WWII

Nazi labor/death centers

United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, France

Code name for US program to build the atomic bomb

A program under which the United States supplied Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and material between 1941 and August 1945. The U.S. was given leases for bases in return.

Germany, Italy, Japan

A fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage

A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan during World War II. The idea was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and concentrate on strategically important islands that were capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan.

Allowed sale of weapons to warring nations if carried on own ships

Symbol of women's contribution to the war effort

Black-Americans' campaign to earn victory in the home front (fight discrimination at home) and victory overseas (fighting the enemy Axis powers)

A program bringing in temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States to work in agriculture and railroads during World War II. Shortages of food and other goods throughout the U.S caused chaos throughout the nation.

an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. It directed the conversion of industries from peacetime work to war needs, allocated scarce materials, etc.

Allied leaders of World War II - FDR, Stalin, and Churchill.

Turning point of the war in the Pacific when the Japanese were taken off guard by the U.S. navy and lost 4 of their aircraft carriers.

Forced relocation and incarceration, during World War II, of people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast to camps in the interior of the country.

The Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 code-named Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest sea-born invasion force in world history.

an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict

A 1942-1943 battle of WWII, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the Soviet city of Stalingrad thanks to an extremely harsh winter; was a turning point of war the European Theater.

U.S. Senate committee which proclaimed WWI was caused by bankers and arms manufacturers

Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace: Chamberlain gave in to Hitler at Munich.

The US gave Britain old destroyers in exchange for American bases on British controlled land.

A committee organized by isolationists in 1940 to oppose U.S. entry into WWII and to block aid going to Britain.

Executive order (number) which relocated all people of Japanese ancestry from West Coast U.S.A. to 10 internment camps.

The first air raid to strike Japan at home, it was in retaliation for Pearl Harbor and provided an important boost for American morale while damaging Japanese morale.

A surprise attack by the Nazis in Europe near the end of the war was Hitler's last-ditch effort to turn the tide of war back in his favor.

Name for Japanese suicide pilots

ttack which brought the U.S .into WWII