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
