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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| blitzkrieg | an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. |
| Nonagression pact | Germany (Hitler) and Russia (Stalin) agree not to declare war on each other. |
| Appeasement | A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler. |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII |
| Neville Chamberlain | Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement |
| Hideki Tojo | Prime minister of Japan during World War II |
| Nazism | Adolf Hitler used fascism to create this type of government based on totalitarian ideas and was used to unite Germany during the 1930s. |
| Adolf Hitler | German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) |
| Fascism | A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power. |
| Totalitarian | having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |