Keywords in any historical topic are the words that are essential to know in order to write about and understand that topic. This page offers a selection of World War Two history keywords to aid learning about the topic.
World War Two History Keywords
| Allies Anschluss Appeasement Atomic Bomb Axis Powers Barbarossa Battle of Britain Blackout Blitzkrieg Chamberlain Churchill D-Day Dunkirk El Alamein Evacuation Flying Bombs Hitler Holocaust |
Japan Land Girls Mussolini Nazi Pearl Harbor Phoney War Poland Prisoner Propaganda Rationing Resistance Rhineland Roosevelt Spies Spitfire Stalin Sudetenland Swastika |
Citation Information:
Heather Y Wheeler. (2023). World War Two History Keywords. Available: https://www.historykeyskills.com/world-war-two-history-keywords/. Last accessed October 15th, 2025