| A | B |
|---|
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| totalitarian | Government that has complete control of its citizens and puts down all opposition |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy |
| facism | Political system based on a strong, centalized government headed by a dictator;exteme nationalism |
| Nazism | political philosophy of Germany under Hitler; characterized by extreme nationalism and extreme racism |
| Adolf Hitler | Nazi dictator of Germany |
| Neutrality Acts | laws passed by Congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war |
| Neville Chamberlain | Prime minister of Great Britian who appeased Hitler before WWII |
| Winston Churchill | Prime minister of Great Britian during WWII |
| appeasement | trying to pacify an aggressor in order to keep the peace. |
| nonaggression pact | Agreement between Germany and Soviet Union not to fight each other |
| blitzkrieg | lightning war strategy used by Germany |
| swastika | symbol of the nazi party that e |
| Axis Powers | Germany Italy, and Japan |
| Allies | U.S., Br. , Soviet Union |
| Charles de Gaulle | head of French government in exile in England |
| RAF | British Royal Airforce |
| Luftwaffe | German Airforce |
| radar | technology used by RAF in Battle of Britain |
| Battle of Britain | Battle where German airforce bombarded British cities for |
| Emperor Hirohito | ruler of Japan at the begining of the war |
| Manchuria | resource rich region of China taken by Japan |
| Poland | country Germany invaded which caused Br and Fr to declare war |
| Anshcluss | literally means union; refers to the unification of Germany and Austria |
| Sudetenland | German speaking part of Czechoslovakia |
| Aryans | the perfect race according to Hitler |
| Mein Kampf | book written by Hitler in prison |
| Theodore S. Geisel | politcal cartoonist during WWII who eventually wrote children's books like Cat in the Hat |
| isolationism | US policy during the 20s and 30s |
| Lend Lease Act | law that allowed borrowing or renting arms to any nation "whose defense was vital to the United States" |
| Atlantic Charter | British and American statement of goals for fighting WWII |
| 12/07/41 | a date which will live in infamy |
| Third Reich | Hitler established this regime 1933-1945; |
| Dunkirk | Battle where France fell to Germany; Br fishing boats rescued Fr. army |
| Pearl Harbor | Us base bombed by Japan in 1941; brought US into the war |
| Tojo | Japanese military leader who took over Japan during WWIi |
| Treaty of Versailles 1919 | leading cause of WWII; Hitler defied this when he began to build an army |
| communism | Stalin's party; state ownership of property |
| purges | This is a way that Stalin silenced political opponents |
| Il Duce | Mussolini |
| Der Fuerer | Hitler |
| Four Freedoms Speech | FDR's speech ; included freedom of speech, worship, from fear and from want |
| Great Aresenal of Democracy | coined by FDR, refers to the US |
| lebensraum | living space |
| Resistance | this group of French organized in GB under Charles DeGaulle |
| Hirohito | Emperor of Japan |
| Munich Conference | pre war agreement between when Br. & Fr. agreed to let Hitler take Sudetenland; |
| Rome Berlin Axis Pact | agreement between Hitler and Mussolini |
| Ethiopia | African nation conquered by Italy |
| Norman Rockwell | Am. Artist who drew the 4 Freedoms |
| Edwoord Deladier | represented France at the Munich Conference |
| German speaking people | Hitler wanted to unite these |
| Czechoslovakia | Hitler took the rest of this country just before he invaded Poland. |
