World War II Vocab
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| Fascism/Fascist | this is a 20-century form of totalitarian dictatorship that requires that people give total subordination to the service of the state and unquestioning loyalty to its leader.
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| Fasces | the Italian symbol used by the Romans to show unity
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| Nazi | member of the German National Socialist Workers Party, organized by Adolf Hitler
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| Swastika | The Nazi symbol
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| Dictator | Strong leader with complete control over people and they maintain power by strong militaries
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| Totalitarianism State | this is when a system of government in which all social, political, economic, intellectual, culural, and spiritual activities are subordinated to the purposes of the rulers of a state.
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| Aggression | warlike act by one country against another without just cause.
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| Appeasement | practice of giving in an agressor nation's demands in order to preserve the peace
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| Re-armament | when a country is banned from arms but then is given arms for war or protection.
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| anchluss | this is German for Union which was stated by Hitler when he said to have union with Austria
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| Der Fuhrer | this is the name Hilter gave himself which means Supreme Ruler
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| Il Duce | this is Italian for The Leader.
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| Blitzkrieg | this German for Lightning War because this was Hitlers attack method
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| Cash and Carry | this is when something is bought then the person or country who bought it must get some sort of transportation to carry it back to their location. the French did so when they brought ships to the US to carry back supplies back to France
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| Aryan Race/master race | Hitler believed that the German race was the master race or the best race or the superior race
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| Axis powers | these were the nations that fought the Allies in World War II. They were Germany, Italy, and Japan
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| Allied Powers | the Nations that fought against the Axis powers. the Allied Powers were France, Russia, Britain, and The United States
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| Mein Kampff | this was a book written by Hitler that ment My Struggle which showed that he was anit-semitic and anti-communist
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| Wolf Pack | this was a group of U-boats from Germany which whenever a boat would come by they would group together and then attack.
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| Reistag | this was the Parliment in Germany
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| Maginot Line | this was a border the France used to keep Germany out and to protect themselves
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| The Third Reich | this was the Rule of Germany like the third Roman Empire
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| Luftwaffe | This was the German Air force
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| RAF (Royal Air Force) | this was the British Air Force
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| Concentration Camps | these were prison camps where the people imprisoned there were totured, starved and murdered. in WWII, there were Nazi concentration camps where many Jews were killed.
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| radar | this was a new invention used by the British pilots to detect the aprroach of enemy planes and shot down thousands
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| Final Solution | (blank)
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| Jewish Problem | this was Hitler's problem that the Jews existed and that the Jews had to be exterminated in some way
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