WW1 and WW2 Flashcards
Crimes against humanity
widespread (planned) or systematic attacks
against a civilian population
Genocide
The target killing of members of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
War crimes
Willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment (can be charged with, must happen during war)
National interest
is a sovereign state’s goals and ambitions (economic, military, cultural, or otherwise), taken to be the aim of government.
Propaganda
Information and ideas that are spread to achieve a specific goal
woodrow wilson 14 points
focused mainly on equality, ending of secrete treaties, and alliances, freedom of the seas, and the establishment of the League of Nations.
Appeasement
Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war
Allies powers (WW2)
France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union
Axis powers (WW2)
Germany, Italy and Japan