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7.7 AMSCO Latest 2023 Already Graded A New Order in East Asia The idea that Japan will throw off foreign imperialism from Asia and form and autarktic bloc run by Japan. This leads to deterioration in US Japanese relations. Blitzkrieg "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 Vichy City in central France where a puppet state governed unoccupied France and the French colonies. New Nazi Regime Destroyers for Bases Roosevelt's compromise for helping Britain as he could not sell Britain US destroyers without defying the Neutrality Act; Britain received 50 old but still serviceable US destroyers in exchange for giving the US the right to build military bases on British Islands in the Caribbean. Lend-Lease Act 1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security Atlantic Charter 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war Luftwaffe German Air Force Battle of Britain An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII Siege of Leningrad German forces surrounded this Russian city, cutting off supplies. About one million people died of starvation and cold weather Pearl Harbor Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which eagered America to enter the war. Home front during WWII "total war" mobilization of all the nation's resources for a common goal. General Erwin Rommel German general known as the "Desert Fox" that led German troops into Egypt and threatened to take Alexandria The Battle of El Alamein 1942-British victory in WWII that stopped the Axis forces from advancing into Northern Africa Battle of Stalingrad Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union. Battle of Coral Sea A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia. Battle of Midway Island A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted another assault on Hawaii and did enough damage to halt the Japanese advance. Was a major turning point in the war against Japan. Guadalcanal first U.S. land victory over the Japanese, 1943 General Douglas MacArthur commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan (island hopping) Island Hopping A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others aircraft carrier ships that accommodate the taking off and landing of airplanes, and transport aircraft D-Day (FDR) , June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than full victory." More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. Battle of the Bulge A battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II. Battle of Kursk German forces are soundly defeated by the Soviets, greatest tank battle of WWII V-E Day May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered Hiroshima City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II. Nagaski August 9, 1945, a 2nd atomic bomb was dropped on this city in Japan three days after the first one, killing over 40,000 people. This caused Emperor Hirohito to force the Japanese government to surrender on August 10, 1945. VJ Day "Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945