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Theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people.
Totalitarianism
The policies of giving concessions in exchange for peace.
Appeasement
New type of warfare by Germans
Blitzkrieg
He overthrew the Spanish Republic and turned it into a dictatorship
Francisco Franco
Commander of US Army forces in Asia
led troops in Philippines
MacArthur
Believed that the nation was more important than the individual and a strong government led by a dictator was needed for a strong, orderly society.
Fascism
Promise between Germany and the USSR not to declare war against each other.
Non-aggression Pact
Who was Britain's prime minister to start WW2 and who finished it?
Chamberlain and churchill
The first Japanese city to receive the atomic bomb was
Hiroshima
Prime Minister of Japan who was focused on Japanese expansion.
planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Hideki Tojo
German word for "living space"
Lebensraum
Hitler brought Austria into his Reich
this was known as _______
means annexation
Anschlus
A brutal battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Ended German expansion in the USSR and shifted momentum to the Soviets permanently.
Battle of Stalingrad
Part of Czechoslovakia that was appeased to Hitler by Britain and France
Sudetenland
February 19 – March 26, 1945 was a brutal 36-day assault where U.S. Marines captured the strategic Pacific island from Japan to secure airfields for B-29 bombers. Battle of
Iwo Jima
Made it illegal to sell weapons to any nation at war. Didn’t distinguish between aggressors and victims.
Neutrality Acts
Amended previous Neutrality Acts by stating that the US could sell weapons to warring nations if they paid for them and brought the arms on their own ships.
Cash and Carry Provisions
Committed FDR and Churchill to a post war world of democracy, non-aggression, free trade, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas.
Atlantic Charter
Japan's Forced march of American and _______ soldiers as prisoners of war
tens of thousands died
Filipino
This battle in August was the first decisive offensive operation, crucial for starting the "island-hopping" campaign.
Gudalcanal
Allied invasion of North Africa (1942) that opened the Mediterranean front and led to Axis defeat in Africa.
The victory served as a massive boost to British morale.
Battle of El Alamein
line of strong fortifications built along the French border with Germany
Maginot Line
This battle in the Pacific led to the destruction of the Japanese fleet and introduction of the kamikaze pilots.
Leyte Gulf
Held in February of 1945, this conference discussed the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
Yalta Conference
French general and leader of the Free French Forces.
Charles De Gaulle