WWII Vocab

a form of government that exerts total control over its nation

• Totalitarianism

• Fascism

• Isolationism

• Communism

a philosophy that emphasizes the importance of a national or ethnic group and the supreme authority of its leader

• Totalitarianism

• Fascism

• Isolationism

• Communism

a term referring to the process of removing enemies and undesirable individuals from power

• Nazism

• Fascism

• Purge

• D-Day

the form of fascism practiced by Hitler and his followers

• Nazism

• Communism

• Totalitarian

• Blitzkrieg

A term describing the combined forces of Germany Italy and Japan

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

this term describes the powers that opposed the Axis powers and included the United States and the Soviet Union

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

a policy of giving in to a competitor’s or aggressor’s demands in order to keep the peace

• Blitzkrieg

• Fascism

• Nazism

• Appeasement

meaning lightning war this was a new military tactic in WWII that relied on a fast air and land combined strike to take the enemy by surprise

• Kristallnacht

• Purge

• Blitzkrieg

• Carpet bombing

a supposedly independent country that is actually controlled by an outside force

• Selective Service and Training Act

• Puppet state

• Atlantic Charter

• Cash and carry

a series of acts passed by Congress aimed at keeping the US from entering WWII

• Neutrality Acts

• Cash and carry

• Lend-Lease act

• Selective Service and Training Act