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Road to War
Term | Definition |
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Adolf Hitler | Nazi Party.He hated the Treaty of Versailles and he vowed to make Germany raise again. He hated the Jews and he wrote the facts in Mein Karpf. |
Advantages Of Great Britain | larger equipped navy; it was more difficult to conquer because t was an island; R.A.F |
American First Committee | it was formed to block further aid to Great Britain. Charles Lindbergh was the American First Committee, and he was also the first person to fly over the Atlantic ocean. |
Appeasement | Britain and France->appeasement: giving into a competitor's demands in order to keep the peace; they thought that Hitler had no intentions of expanding; they gave up the appeasement when Hitler attacked Czechoslovakia; pledged to support Poland. |
Battle of Britain | The British where able to keep the German's out of Britain and prevent Hitler from expanding north. |
Benito Mussolini | Fascist Party; LL Duche; With the T of V he felt cheated because they promised to give him lands; invade north Africa; Italian Army poor and weak; he didnt care about the Jews; Economy poor-> Great Depression |
Blitzkrieg | Lightning War; bomb from the air Luftwaffe; Tanks and artillery; Infantry attacks. |
Cash and Carry | nations paid in cash and transported cargo themselves. |
Charles Lindbergh | Leader of the American First Committee, and he also was the first person to fly through the Atlantic Ocean. |
Communist Party | The military was the Red Army, the Largest army in Europe: the economy was poor because of the Great Depression; comrade; the territory that they wanted to acquire was Eastern Europe |
Emperor Hirohito | He was the Emperor of Japan. |
Fascist Party | they wanted to acquire North Africa. Name of the military: Italian Army, poor and weak; poor and weak due to the Great Depression; they didn't care about the Jews. |
Franklin Roosevelt | started to restrict trade to Japan in an effort to stop Japanese expansion. He cut off financial aid and oil shipments to Japan. |
Great Depression | was a severe worldwide economic depression |
Japan's Goals | The empire needed Raw Materials for their country so they took over Indo-China; their goal was to destroy U.S fleet and attack the U.S before we could rebuild. |
Joseph Stalin | Leaded the Communist Party. called by comrade. |
Lend-Lease Act | it allowed the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security. |
Mein Kampf | T |