Ch. 21 - 22 Flashcards
the workers in Marxism
Proletariat
Stalin’s practice of murdering those who might threaten his power
Purges
Nazi symbol; “broken cross”
Swastika
one-party political system led by powerful dictator who typically maintains control by force
Totalitarian States
tightly regulated system of economic controls imposed on Russia by Lenin
War Communism
German government after World War I
Weimar Republic
organized government massacres in Russia
Pogroms
land and sea
Amphibious
war cry shouted by Japanese troops
Banzai
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin
Big Three
“lightning war”; fast-moving attack that sought to penetrate enemy lines
Blitzkrieg
the day when an attack is to be launched; June 6, 1944, the day that the Allied forces invaded France
D-day