ww2 Flashcards
dictator
a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way
adolf hitler
fascist leader of Germany
benito mussolini
Italy´s fascist dictator
joseph stalin
communist dictator of the soviet union
nazism
German political belief that believed in German ethnic solidarity
poland
final country Germany invaded before britian declared war to stop German aggression
axis powers
Italy, Germany and Japan
appeasement
giving in to demands to avoid conflict
nonaggression pact
agreement Hitler signed with the soviet union that allowed him to invade Poland without Soviet retribution
domestic affairs
events or problems that happen within your own country
neutrality
refusing to support either side in an argument or disagreement
neutrality acts
series of laws that kept America out of WWll when it began
cash and carry
American policy of under while neutral, which sold weapons to nation at war for cash and if they transported the shipments
lend-lease act
program for the united states to supply arms to allies while officially staying out of war.
gestapo
a political secret police created by Adolf Hitler to investigate and put down any political opposition
