| 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 |