| A | B |
|---|
| Benito Mussolini | Italian Facist leader, who discriminated against certain minority groups in Italy |
| Adolf Hitler | German fascism military leader, started WWII. Was anti-semitic, and had a "final solution". Fixed German economony, responsible for millions of deaths |
| League of Nations | a group of more than 40 countries formed after WW1 with the goal of settling problems through negotiation not war |
| Weimar Republic | the republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933,, weak |
| appeasement | policy of giving into an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace |
| Holocaust | an act of genocide by the Nazis during WW11 in which more than 6 million Jews died |
| Bataan Death March | Forced march of Allied prisoner by the JApanese during WW11 |
| facism | the rule of a people by a dictorial government that is nationalistic and imperialistic (anticommunist, strong military) |
| anti-semitism | prejudice against Jews |
| Stalingrad | a Russian city that Hitler tried to take in 1942 but was forced to surrender due to the freezing winter and Russian troops |
| genocide | the attempt to destroy an entire ethnic or religious group |
| Rape of Nanking | Japanese invasion of the city of Nanking in 1937 in which mass shootings and terrible brutality ensued killing 250,000 Chinese |
| concentration camps | detention centers instituted by Hitler where Jews and others were starved, shot or gased to death |
| blitz | massive bombing |
| Hiroshima | Japanese city where the US dropped the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 |
| United Nations | international group formed in 1945 t provide a place to discuss world problems and develop solutions |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944 when the Allied Powers invaded France |
| FDR | President of the United States as they enter the War in 1941 |
| Winton Churchill | "British Bulldog", led Britain through WWII, and inspired a nation, Allied power |
