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vocab from ww2
Term | Definition |
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dicatator | leaders who control their nations by force |
facism | government characterized by militarism and racism |
totalitarian | leaders crush all opposition and try to totally control all areas of society |
anti-semitism | hatred of the jews |
appeasment policy | britain and france tried to avoid war by accpeting germanys demands |
genocide | wiping out an entire group of people |
land-lease act | system that would allow the US to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the US" |
mobilization | military and civilian preparations for war |
ration | consumers could buy only limited numbers or amounts of things |
island hopping | attacking and capturing certain key items |
Adolf Hitler | germany |
Benito Mussolini | italy |
Joseph Stalin | soviet union |
FDR | american president |
Winston Churchill | britain prime minister |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | america |
George Patton | britain general |
Harry S. Truman | vice president |
Douglas MacArthur | american general |