Totalitarian State

 a country where a single party controls the government and every aspect of the peoples lives

 Fascism

a political system that is rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state

Joseph Stalin

Became the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin died.

Benito Mussolini

Was the leader of Italy with the facist party beginning in 1922

 Aggression

A warlike act by one country without just cause

 Nazis

Members of the National Socialst German Workers Party

Scapegoat

a person or group whois made to bear the blame of others

 Adolf Hitler

Chancellor of Germany and elected in 1933 and led to the persectuion of the Jews

Concentration Camps

A prison camp for civilians who were considered enemies of Hitler.

Neutrality Acts

A series of laws passed by Congress in 1935 to ban the arms sales or loans to countries at war

 Good Neighbor Policy

FDR's policy intended to strenghten friendly relations with Latin America

Munich Conference

A meeting in 1938 with the leaders of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany at which an agreement was signed giving part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler

Nazi-Soviet Pact

An agreement signed between Hitler and Stalin in 1939 in which the two dictators agreednot to attack each other

Axis Powers

World War II military alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, and six other nations

Allied Powers

World War II military alliance of Britain,France,Soviet Union, US, China, and 45 other countries

Battle of Britain

 German's failed attempt to subdure Britain in 1940 in preperation for invasion

Lend-Lease Act

 Took Place in WWII, it was the law that allowed the US to sell arms and equipment to Britain

Appeasement

Practice of giving into aggression in order to avoid war

Blitzkrieg

Swift attacks launched by Germany in WWII

 War Production Board

 A government agency created during WWII to help factories shift from making consumer goods to war materials

 Double V Campaign

An African American civil rights campaign during WWII

Rationing

Limitations on the amount of certain goods that people can by.

 Battle of Midway

 Battle in 1942 in the Pacific during which American planes sank four Japanese aircraft carriers

 Operation Overlord

Codename for allied invasion in 1944

D-Day

 Took place on June 6th, 1944, it was the day of the invasion of Western Europe by allied forces

 Battle of the Bulge

Germanies counterattack in December of 1944 that temporarily slowed the invasion of Germany

 Bataan Death March

Long trek across the Philippines that American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese in 1942

Holocaust

Slaughter of Europes Jews by the Nazis before and during World War II

Nuremberg Trials

Nazi war crime trials in 1945 and 1946

Island Hopping

 During World War II was the allies strategy of capturing Japanese held islands to gain control of the Pacific Ocean

Emperor Hirohito

Ruler of Japan during WWII

Winston Churchill

Prime minister of Great Britain during WWII

Wendell Wilkie

Republican Nominee in 1940 who lost to FDR

 Douglas MacArthur

Genral who comanded the US forces in the Pacific

 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Appointed commander of the Allied foces in Europe

Harry S. Truman

Became president when Roosevelt became ill and passed away during his 4th term.

1931

Japan invades Manchuria

1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

1935

Italy invades Ethiopia

 1937

 Japan invades China

1939

Germany invades Poland

1940

Germany invades France

 December 7th, 1944

Pearl Harbor

June 6th, 1944

D-Day

 December 16, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

March 7th, 1945

VE Day

September 2nd, 1945

VJ Day