WWII Flashcards
Dictator
A person who rules a country with total authority and often in a 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 Germany ethnic solidarity
Poland
Final country Germany invaded before British declared war to stop Germany 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 Act
Series of laws that kept America out of WWII when it began
Cash and carry
American policy under while neutral. which sold weapons to a nation at war for cash and if they transported the shipments
Lend-Lease-act
Program for the United States to supply arms to the allies while officially staying out of war
Gestapo
a political secret police created by Adolf Hitler to investigate and put down any political opposition
Isolationism
A policy of avoiding contact with other countries
Allied Powers
the name for the alliance formed by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States during World War II.
anti-Semitism
hostility toward and discrimination againist Jews
Fascism
a political system based on nationalism and strong government; Adolf Hitler in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy were the first fascist leaders.
Totalitarian
A system in which the government controls all aspects of people’s lives
