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| In WW II, the Allies fighting the Axis powers included the U.S., as well as the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, China, and other nations. |
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| Statement of common principles and war aims developed by President FDR and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at a meeting in Aug. 1941. |
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| The opponents of the U.S. and its allies in WW II. The Rome-Berlin Axis was formed between Germany and Italy in 1936 and included Japan after 1940. |
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| The long struggle between German submarines and the British and U.S. navies in the North Atlantic from 1940 to 1943. |
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| German war tactic in WW II ("lightning war") involving the concentration of air and armored to punch and exploit holes in opposing defensive lines. |
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| June 6, 1944, the day of the 1st paratroop drops and amphibious landings on the coast of Normandy, France, in the 1st stage of Operation OVERLORD during WW II. |
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| The area of military operations in WW II located east of Germany in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. |
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| Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) |
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| Federal agency established in 1941 to curb racial discrimination in war production jobs and government employment. |
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| The systematic murder of millions of European Jews and others deemed undesirable by NAZI Germany. |
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| The Pacific campaigns of 1944. Planes from American carriers controlled the air, allowing the Navy and land forces to isolate and capture the most strategically located Japanese-held islands while bypassing the rest. |
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| Program begun in 1941 through which the U.S. transferred the military equipment to Britain and other WW II allies. |
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| The effort, using the code name Manhattan Engineer District, to develop an atomic bomb under the management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during WW II. |
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| U.S. and British invasion of France in June 1944 during WW II. |
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| Statement issued by the U.S. during a meeting of U.S. President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin held at Potsdam, near Berlin, in July 1945 to plan the defeat of Japan and the future of eastern Europe and Germany. In it, the U.S. declared its intention to democratize the Japanese political system and reintroduce Japan into the international community and gave Japan an opening for surrender. |
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| Meeting of U.S. President FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin held in Feb. 1945 to plan the final stages of WW II and postwar arrangements. |
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