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| totalitarian | A government that exerts total control over a nation. It dominates every aspect of life, using terror to suppress individual rights and silence all forms of opposition. |
| fascism | Emphasizes the importance of the nation or an ethnic group and the Supreme authority of the leader. It is like communism and relies on a strong, dictatorial government that does not respect individual rights and freedoms. |
| purge | It is the process of removing enemies and undesirable individuals from power. |
| Nazism | An extreme form of fascism shaped by Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority. It was the philosophy and policies of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, or the Nazi Party. |
| Axis Powers | an alliance between Rome and Berlin, the capitals of two nations (Germany and Italy) and Japan, |
| appeasement | Policy of giving in to a competitor's demands in order to preserve the peace |
| blitzkerieg | lightning war that was a new military tactic that included a fast, concentrated air and land form of attack that took the enemy's army by surprise. |
| December 7, 1941 | a date which will live in infamy-the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor |
| Resistance | Movement in France that opposed German occupation during World War II (WWII). |
| Allies | In World War II, the alliance of Great Britain, the US, the Soviet Union, and other nations |
