WW2

A system of government characterized by dictatorship, control of private business, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism and racism.

• Fascism

• Communism

• Nazism

• Totalitarianism

The German National Socialist Party under Adolf Hitler, a belief in the dominance of the Aryan Race.

• Fascism

• Communist Party

• Totalitarianism

• Nazi Party

WWII military alliance of Italy, Japan, Germany, and 6 other countries.

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

• Central Power

• Triple Alliance

WWII military alliance of Britain, France, Soviet Union, China, the U.S., and 45 other countries

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

• Central Powers

• Triple Alliance

"Lightning war"; swift attacks launched by Germany in WWII during the night

• Blitzkrieg

• War of Attrition

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Barbarossa

The German government set up after WWI under Hindenburg that was overthrown by the Nazis

• The Reichstag

• Nazi Party

• Weimer Republic

• Third Reich

Meeting where European leaders used appeasement (giving in to aggression to avoid war) by giving Hitler the Sudetenland in exchange for a promise that Germany would not expand its territory any further.

• Nazi-Soviet Pact

• Geneva Conference

• Paris Peace Talks

• Munich Conference

A Pact between Russia and Germany. They agreed not fight each other during the war and in exchange, Germany would give the Soviet Union its half of Polish territory after the Germans conquered it.

• Policy of Appeasement

• Non-Aggression Pact

• Triple Alliance

• Munich Conference

A series of laws passed by the U.S. Congress from 1935-1939 expressed American's desire for peace. They prohibited shipment of U.S. munitions to warring nations.

• Lend-Lease Act

• Atlantic Charter

• Immigration Acts

• Neutrality Acts

Code name for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944.

• Operation Odessa

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Barbarossa

• Operation Rolling Thunder