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things about how WWII begins
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | leader of germany, who wants to kill every race other than his own, white AND christian |
| Advantages of Great Britain | fought on homeland, had a well trained air force, and is an island |
| American First Committee | This group was completely against USA going into the war to help, america first basically |
| Appeasement | Pleasing hitler so that he stops taking land |
| Battle of Britian | trying to take britain, hitler's first loss |
| Benito Mussolini | leader of italy, ally of hitler |
| Blitzkrieg | lightning war - bomb, tanks, boots |
| cash and carry | bring you own boat and the money and we will load that boat up with NON war goods |
| Charles Lindberg | famous for flying from USA to France, against the idea of helping any country, USA first |
| Communist party | Joseph Stalin, he killed his own people |
| Emperor hirohito | Emperor of Japan |
| fascist party | rule over italy, took people stuff then killed them |
| Franklin roosevelt | President of USA, decides to stay neutral until Pearl Harbor occurs |
| great depression | the biggest depression of this time, effecting mainly the whole world, everyone is poor |
| japans goals | to destroy Navy at Hawaii so usa cant help russia or china |
| Joseph Stalin | leader of the USSR |
| lend lease act | get it now, pay it later |
| mein kampf | the book hitler writes while he's in jail |
| nazi party | Hitler's party which will eventually become the leader |
| neutrality act | stating USA is neutral and will not get involved |
| pearl harbor | japan's bombing of pearl harbor, the day we consider and then join the war |
| poland | The point where Great Britain and France declare war on Germany |
| roosevelt's address to congress | stating we will fight back and help in the war since japan attacked us. |
| winston churchill | Prime Minister of Great britain and will not give up easily |