WW2 Review 11-1

At the 1938 Munich Conference, Britain and France

• told Hitler that they would declare war if he invaded Czechoslovakia

• gave in to Hitler's demands for the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia (appeasement)

• told Hitler that they would declare war if he invaded Poland

Hitler agreed to a nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union because he believed

• it would free him for a war against Britain and France

• it was the best way to protect Poland

• that the Soviets and the Nazi's had much in common

Stalin agreed to a nonaggression treaty with Germany because he believed

• it was the best way to protect Poland

• it would turn Germany against Britain and France and keep the USSR safe

• that the Soviets and Nazi's had much in common

World War II officially began in September 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union

• invaded Czechoslovakia

• invaded Austria

• invaded Poland

This book laid the blueprint for Nazism that included German nationalism and unification, master race, and racism against Jews

• appeasement

• Mein Kampf

• Neutrality Acts

A political system that is headed by a dictator, tolerates no opposition, and government controls everything (examples: Italy and Germany)

• communism

• fascism

• democracy

A system of government that is headed by a dictator, tolerates no opposition, and features government control of everything (example: Soviet Union)

• communism

• fascism

• democracy

making concessions in order to avoid conflict (giving in to a bully in the hope that he'll leave you alone)

• communism

• appeasement

• fascism

Nicknamed "Der Fuhrer" who Came to power in 1933, funny mustache, leader of the Nazi party in Germany who wanted to acquire more lebensraum for Germany

• Hitler

• Stalin

• Mussolini

• Tojo

Nicknamed "Il Duce" leader of Fascist Italy during WW2, invaded Ethiopia and was proud of it. Started a group called Sons of the Wolf

• Hitler

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Tojo