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Dictator
a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way .
Adolf Hitler
Fascist dictator.
Benito Mussolini
Italy’s fascist dictator.
Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator of the soviet union .
Nazism
German political belief that believed in German ethnic solidarity .
Poland
final country Germany invaded before Britain declared war to stop German aggression .
Axis powers
Italy,Germany and Japan .
Appeasement
Giving in to demands to avoid conflict.
Nonaggression pact
Agreement Hitler signed with the soviet union the allowed him to invade Poland without Soviet retribution .
Domestic Affairs
Events or problems that happen within your own country
Neutrality acts
series of laws that kept america out of WWII when it began .
cash and carry
american policy of under while neutral ,which sold weapons to nation at war for cash and if they transported the shipments.
Lend-Lease Act
Program for the United states to supply arms to allies while officially staying out of war .