Totalitarian Rise Of Germany and Italy Flashcards
Fuhrer
Meaning leader or leader of the nazi party
Gestapo
The secret police of Germany
Nuremberg laws
Set of laws that limited Jews freedom
Axis powers
Side Germany was on
Nazi
Member of the national socialist German workers party
Spanish Civil War
Pre cursor to WW2 where everyone tested armies prior to fighting
Brown shirts
German fascists (nazi’s)
Coup
Highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move.
A clever action or accomplishment
Schutzstaffel
Hitlers security force that protected Germany in numerous ways
Appeasement
A policy of making concessions to an enemy power to avoid conflict
Rome-Berlin axis
Agreement between Mussolini and Hitler
Munich conference
Emergency conference in Europe that hitter called to deal with his demands in Europe.
Mussolini, British PM chatlain, and French premier attended.
Hitler said he wanted Sudetenland and bat was it so chatlain gave in and hitter had the confidence he needed to take over heartland
Black shirts
Italian fascists
Mein Kampf
My struggle. hitlers autobiography that outlines his plans for Germany
Anti-semitism
Hostility toward Jews
Rhineland
De-militarized land between France and Germany where Hitler set up posts up the border so no one could enter Germany
Axis
Germany, Japan, and Italy Powers
Swastika
Symbol of the nazi party and ancient Buddhist symbol for good fortune
Propaganda
Influence of thoughts or beliefs through advertisement
Kristallnacht
A massive coordinated attack on the Jews on November 9th 1938 where they attacked Jewish businesses and such
“Night of the broken glass”
Sudetenland
Areas of Czechoslovakia that hitler got from France and Britain on condition he wouldn’t go to war with them
Anschluss
Was the nazi propaganda term for the invasion of Austria by nazi Germany
