WWII Flashcards
appeasement
•over and over England & France allowed hitler to seize control of European territories on the assumption that he would be satisfied once he united the German people’s
annex
•hitler took over Rhineland, Austria, and demanded possession of the Sudetenland & was met with no resistance
blitzkrieg
•lightening warfare, how hitlers army captured Poland in 1939
final solution
•hilter blamed Jews for Germany’s and used this plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe
neutrality acts
•FDR’s attempt by congressional act to keep the US out of the European war during the early 1940’s
Aryan
•blonde haired, blue eyed, & German, according to Hitler belonged to a dominant master race
non-aggression pact
•signed by hitler & stalin in September of 1939 hitler had no fear of a soviet assault