WWII Flashcards
Il Duce
“the leader” - title for Mussolini in Italy
Reichstag
German parliament
Der Fuehrer
“the leader” - title for Hitler in Germany
Hitler
Leader of Germany
Benito Mussolini
Leader of Italy
Mein Kampf
“My Struggle” - book written by Hitler
Swastika
Symbol of the Nazi party
Reich
Rule
Weimar Republic
Democratic government in Germany after World War 1 until the time of Hitler, 1919-1933
Third Reich
Hitler’s Germany that was to last 1,000 years just like the Roman Empire
Fascist
Believes in private ownership of property. Also believes strongly in authority. Germany and Italy were fascist countries at this time.
Communist
Believes in public ownership of property. Russia was a communist country at this time.
Lebensraum
“living space” - Hitler’s excuse to take land in Eastern Europe
Appeasement
The policy of giving in to a nation’s demands to avoid war
Nazi
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
Putsch
German word for revolt
S.A.
Brown shirts - Hitler’s private army
S.S.
Black shirts - Hitler’s personal guards
Aryan
German race
Final Solution
Hitler’s attempt to rid Europe of the Jewish population
Wehrmacht
German army
Luftwaffe
German air force
Blitzkrieg
Lightning war
Maginot line
French line of defense on the German border
