WWII vocab

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Potsdam Declaration

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Allied nations warned Japan to surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction".

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Fascist party

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Mussolini's party; promoted extreme nationalism and used terrorism against opponents.

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Totalitarianism: A government imposing total control over citizens through coercion and repression, denying individual freedom.

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Totalitarianism

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Lend-Lease Act

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Allowed sales or loans of war materials only to the Allies.

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Appeasement

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Giving into aggression to avoid conflict.

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Nazi Soviet Pact

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Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other; secretly divided Poland and parts of E. Europe.

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Neutrality Act

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banned arms sales or loans to countries at war

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Munich Conference: meeting of Britain, France, and Germany in 1938; Britain and France appeased Hitler, who falsely claimed he wanted no more territory.

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Britain and France appeased Hitler.

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Manhattan Project

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Creation and testing of the Atomic bomb

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Navajo Soldiers

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1 in 3 Native Americans fought in WWII; Navajos used their language as a code for crucial messages; codes were unbreakable.