People, Terms, and Definitions Flashcards
Bonds
Stocks sold by the United States that provided revenue for the war, they were a safe investment for those who wanted stocks, they would gain about 3%.
Fascism
Authoritarian nationalist ideology, promotes national unity and ‘rebirth’ by putting the state’s interests before the people’s.
Totalitarian
The state regulates everything, the state is all, and individuals are nothing. Use of police, propaganda, mass media control, mass surveillance, and widespread terror.
Communism
A classless society and equality among all, common ownership and means of production
Churchill
British Prime Minister who gained his title when World War II was approaching.
Truman
Gained his title after FDR died during the war, he had to make the decision of setting foot on Japanese land, knowing the casualties would be well over a million. He decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Mussolini
Known as ‘Il Duce’, he founded the Italian Fascist Party, made an army, and denied opposition. He wanted to prove Italy was a big power and gain national pride, therefore he invaded Ethiopia.
Genocide
Deliberate or systematic elimination of a specific group.
Blitzkrieg
Germany’s tactic to surprise attack land using planes followed by fast-moving tanks and infantry. An example, the Bombing of London/ Britain.
War Crimes
Crimes that go against the rules of war. An example of this was the lives of the Allied soldiers at Dunkirk. The Germans shot every soldier that was not able to be saved from Dunkirk.
FDR
The president of the United States during World War II. He enacted the Neutrality Acts and directed the US into World War II.
Rommel
Erwin Rommel, known as the desert fox, was a tank expert. He took North Africa with tanks and was respected by Germans and opponents.
