Adolf Hitler: Leader of Nazi Germany. Also known as “Der Fiihrer” (the leader)
Totalitarian: State in which individuals have no rights, and the government suppresses all opposition
Nazism: German brand of fascism, based on extreme nationalism
Benito Mussolini: Created totalitarian regime in Italy, he was also known as “Il Duce”
Francisco Franco: Rebelled against Spanish republic
Fascism: Stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals
Neutrality Acts: Series of laws that Congress passed in order to keep the United States out of future wars.
Neville Chamberlain: British Prime Minister
Nonaggression pact: Hitler and Stalin signed pact stating they would never attack each other, and they would divide Poland between them.
Winston Churchill: Chamberlain's political rival in Great Britain, who was against the Munich Agreement
Blitzkrieg: Germany's military strategy “lightning war”
Appeasement: Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor
Charles de Gaulle: French general who fled to England where he would set up a government-in-exile
Holocaust: The systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half of whom were Jewish.
Ghetto: Segregated Jewish areas in certain Polish cities
Kristallnacht: means “Night of Broken Glass” when Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany
Concentration camp: Labor camps where families were often seperated
Genocide: The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population
Axis powers: Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact
Allies: Nations that fought against the Axis Powers
Lend-Lease Act: Congress passed in 1941, so the president could lend or lease arm and other suppolies to “any country whose defense was vital to the United States”
Hideki Tojo: Chief of Staff of Japan's Kwantung Army, who launched multiples invasions
Atlantic Charter: Joint declaration of warm arms
George Marshall: Army Chief of Staff General
Klor De Alva, Krieger, Wilson, and Woloch. "Unit 5." The Americans. By Danzer. McDougal Littell. Print.
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