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| A government system that is opposed to democracy and relies on miliatary power to control the country |
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| The leader of fascist Italy who started the fascist form of government |
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| Leader of communist Russia/USSR who killed millions of people with his policies and rules |
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| Head of state in Spain who led the rebel forces to victory over the government and was made ruler. He also assisted the Axis in WWII |
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| Leader of Nazi Germany and main cause of WWII and the holocaust |
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| A policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace |
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| The western region of Czechoslavakia that signed a secret pact with Nazi Germany |
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Neville Chamberlain [image] |
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| Prime Minister of Britain from 1937-1940; did not want to start another way and believed in appeasement |
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan [image] |
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| An attempt to keep Canada out of the war by allowing British instructors to train pilots, navigators etc. from all over the Commonwealth in Canada. |
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| Canadian politician dubbed the "Minister of Everything", was pivotal in Canada's involvement in the war |
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| A state- or government-controlled company in the Commonwealth |
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| The first few months of WWII, where many countries joined the war but little fighting took place |
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