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
bentio mussolini
italys fascist dictator
joseph stalin
communist dictator of the soviet union
nazism
german political belief that belived in german ethnic soildarity.
poland
finial country germany invaded before britain declared war to stop german aggression.
axis power
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 the 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 the laws that kept america out of wwll when it began.
cash and carry
america policy of the 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 offcially staying out of the war .