CHAPTER 24:WWII Flashcards
totalitarian
government has total control over the people
fascism
nation is above the individual
axis powers
japan Italy and germany
appeasment
policy of giving into someones demands to keep peace
lies
united kingdom france usa ussr
lend lease act
authorized the president of the us to aid any nation whos defense was important to national security
atlantic charter
a plan for the world after WWII signed by churchill and FDR
GI’s
governmnet issued american soldiers
D-day
code name for the day the invasion began (june 6, 1944)
manhattan project
top secret project to develop a new type of bomb
holocaust
nazi germanys systematic murder of european jews
anti semitism
hostility toward jews
kristallnacht
vandalizing jewish homes, places of worship