unit 2 vocabulary terms anschluss lebensraum munich pact appeasement

Unit 2 Vocabulary terms

Anschluss lebensraum

Munich Pact

appeasement


blitzkriegNazi-Soviet

Pact

genocide Final Solution


ghettosIron

Curtain

Theatre of war

Allies


Axis Powers

New Order

kamikaze occupation


Home frontIsland-hopping

sanctions radar


neutralityLuftwaffe

& RAF

Afrika Korps

Enigma


espionage Turning point

operation engagement

resistance collaborators

Unit 2 Vocabulary definitionsAnschluss--

Unification of Germany & Austria. Strictly prohibited by Treaty of Versailles. One of Hitler’s first violations of the treaty on his road to WWII.

Lebensraum-

German word meaning “living space.” One of Hitler’s guiding principles behind German expansion and occupation of other territories.

Munich Pact (or agreement)--

agreement between Britain, France & Germany that the occupation of the Sudentenland would be Hitler’s last territorial advance.

appeasement

To give in to certain demands in order to calm, or pacify, a worsening situation.

Unit 2 Vocabulary definitionsblitzkrieg

German for “lightning war.” Hitler’s military strategy of combining surprise with overwhelming force to quickly defeat an enemy.

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Also called “non-aggression pact,” agreement between Hitler & Stalin to not attack one another; secretly agreed to divide Poland between themselves.

genocide

an attempt wipe out an entire people, or race, from the planet. Mass murder based on racist ideas.

Final Solution

Hitler’s ultimate plan to “exterminate” all Jewish people’s from existence.

Unit 2 Vocabulary definitions

ghettos sectioned off neighborhoods that were set aside for Jewish resettlement. Overcrowded and meager living conditions; this was an early step in Hitler’s move towards genocide

Iron Curtain

symbolic term introduced by Winston Churchill to describe the divide between Western Europe and the Eastern portion of Europe that was controlled by the Soviet Union. (1947-ish)

Theatre of War

General area of conflict. European, North African & Asian (or Pacific) were 3 major theatres of war during WWII.

Allies

alliance of U.S, Britain, France, Soviet Union and other nations who fought the Germans, Italians &

Japanese.


Axis Powers

Alliance of Germany, Italy & later Japan during WWII.

New Order

Japan’s vision of a new system of control over Asia, replacing European powers with itself, China & Manchuria. The ultimate goal was Japanese prosperity & industrial growth.

kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilot. Used plane as a bomb when ammunition was gone. Translated, it means “divine wind.”

occupation

forced control over a territory that was taken over by an aggressor; set-up of military & industrial operation zones within these areas.


Home front

term used to describe the domestic perspective of war (back home, civilians, work, etc.)

Island-hopping

MacArthur’s military strategy of capturing Japanese-held islands that were least heavily defended while “hopping” towards the Japanese homeland.

sanctions

restrictions used as a penalty or punishment by one government over another; usually economic in nature (i.e. refusal to trade)

radar

technology, advanced for its time, developed by the British that tracked enemy movement using radio waves (like sonar or echolocation)


neutrality

state of being nonaligned or impartial in a conflict; refusal to take sides.

Luftwaffe & RAF

luftwaffe—Germany’s air force

RAF—Royal Air Force (Britain’s air force

Afrika Korps

Germany’s tank division stationed in North Africa; led by General Erwin Rommel (aka the “Desert Fox”)

Enigma

German machine that encoded all military messages so that they could not be decoded by the enemy. Very sophisticated, required a second machine to decode; captured by the British and led to German defeats.

Unit 2 Vocabulary definitionsespionage

practice of spying on the enemy to gather strategic information

Turning Point (battle)

a defining moment in warfare that reverses the direction of the war.

operation

a military campaign, or plan.

engagement

battle or military encounter

Resistance

illegal secret organization that fought for freedom against an occupying power, especially in France, Netherlands, Denmark and Italy.

collaborators

people who worked with the enemy, betraying others for self-preservation or personal beliefs.

unit 2 vocabulary terms anschluss lebensraum munich pact appeasement

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