WW II Dictators Flashcards
Totalitarian is a
20th century phenomenon
Joseph Stalin
Suspicious, cruel, ruthless, & tyrannical
What did Joseph Stalin want to do
Wanted to transform Soviet Union into an industrial power & formed collective farms. This led to 10 million deaths
What did Joseph Stalin do ?
Purge communist party of people suspected of being traitor. Led to 1 million deaths
What kept Joseph Stalin in power
Fear & Massive Propaganda
Benito Mussolini
Leader of Fascist Party
What did Benito Mussolini do
- Outlawed political parties
- took over the press
- created a secret police
- organized youth groups to indoctrinate the young
- suppressed strikes
What did Benito Mussolini opposed
Liberalism & socialism
Where was Adolf Hitler Born
Austria - early life in Vienna
Hitler core of beliefs
Anti-Semitic (anti-jew)
What did hitler write
wrote “Meinkampf” in jail in 20’s
How did hitler win
Won over elite & establishment
What did hitler have a fear of
Fear of communists(largest party)
What did hitter become
Became chancellor
Totalitarianism
Theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic,social, & cultural lives of its people
Total State Techniques
- propaganda masters
- mass demonstrations
- rearmament of the military
- SS control of police using terror based on Nazi ideology
- churches & youth groups under control
Nazi Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Aug.23,1939. agreed not to attack one another and to divide Poland & recognize each others territorial ambitions
Blitzkrieg
Germany military tactics or “lighting war”
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, & Japan
Allies
Britain, France,Soviet Union, China & USA
1935 Neutrality Act
Prohibited arms shipments to all belligerent countries
1936 Neutrality Acts
Forbid loans to any belligerents
1937 Neutrality Acts
“Cash & Carry” principle: all nations must pay for non military purchases & ship the goods in their own vessels
1939 Neutrality Acts
Prohibited Americans from traveling on ships of belligerent nations
1940 Neutrality Acts
Lend Lease program offered to Great Britain US becomes the “arsenal of democracy”
Selective Service Act
1940
Provided 1.2 million troops trained & 800,000 reserve troops a year
W
A
R
W-World War 1
A-Appeasement
R-Rise of Totalitarianism
What did Germany lose
Germany lost land to surrounding nations
Appeasement
Giving someone something to make them happy & leave you alone
War Costs
US Debt 1940-9 billion
US Debt 1945-98 Billion
WWII cost 330 Billion- 10 times the cost of WWI & equivalent to all previous federal spending since 1776
