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Road to War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Led the Nazi Party/NSDAP Started WWII |
| Advantages of Great Britain | Allies More resources than Central Powers |
| Appeasement | Coming to peace with someone by conforming to their demands |
| Battle of Britain | Hitler used Blitzkrieg solution on Britain but it failed; British morale was too strong Germany bombed British aircraft factories, airfields, and oil storage; Britain set up fake targets and hid their factories British kept Germans from expanding north |
| Benito Mussolini | Backed Hitler up in WWII Italian leader |
| Blitzkrieg | "Lightning War" Hitler had the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), tanks and artillery, and infantry Used on many countries including France Step 1: Air bombing Step 2: Weaken enemy morale Step 3: Walk infantry and tanks in, take enemy land |
| Cash and Carry | When a good is fully paid for and taken away by the purchaser at the time (ex: buying groceries) |
| Charles Lindbergh | Famous Royal Air Force (British RAF) pilot |
| Communist Party | Led by Joseph Stalin during WWII |
| Emperor Hirohito | Led Japan in WWII Responsible for the strike on Pearl Harbor |
| Fascist Party | Led by Benito Mussolini (Italy) (Title: Il Duce) Weak and poor army/economy |
| Franklin Roosevelt | U.S. President during WWII |
| Great Depression | U.S. stock market crashed, resulting in a worldwide economic depression |
| Japan's Goals | Needed raw materials to make goods Expansion (Started fighting U.S. because they cut oil trade and financial aid off to stop Japan's expansion) |
| Joseph Stalin | Led the USSR and Communist Party during WWII |
| Lend-Lease Act | U.S. gave Allies resources during WWII Aid was to be repaid in money after the war Act passed in 1941 |
| Mein Kampf | "My Struggle" Book written by Adolf Hitler Gave him stronger influence |
| Nazi Party | Led by Adolf Hitler AKA NSDAP |
| Neutrality Acts | Laws passed in 1935-'39 to limit U.S. involvement in future wars Made due to the belief that the U.S. was pulled into WWI through trade with Allies |
| Pearl Harbor | Struck by Japanese on December 7, 1944 Started war between Japan and U.S. Part of the foundation of starting WWII |
| Poland | Taken by Germany in WWII |
| Roosevelt's Address to Congress | Restricted Japanese trade to stop expansion Responsible for Neutrality Acts |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of Great Britain during WWII |
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