A | B |
dictator | leader who controls by force |
anti-Semitism | dislike of or discrimination against Jews |
totalitarian | seeking to control all aspects of life through dictatorship |
appeasement | giving in to demands of others in order to keep peace |
blitzkrieg | "lightening war" |
disarmament | giving up military weapons |
ration | to limit the number of items that are available to people |
civil defense | protective measures taken in case of attack |
internment camp | place where Japanese Americans were sent during World War II |
siege | military blockade |
genocide | killing an entire ethnic group |
Holocaust | the mass slaughter of Jews by Nazis during World War II |
concentration camp | large prison camp used to hold people for political reasons |
island hopping | a strategy of capturing an island and using it to leapfrog to the next island |
kamikaze | a Japanese suicide pilot |