Interwar Years

Adolf Hitler

German leader, fascist.

Joseph Stalin

Totalitarian Russian leader.

Benito Mussolini

Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)

Francisco Franco

Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution, helped by Hitler and Mussolini

Weimar Republic

Was the democratic government which ruled over Germany form 1919 to 1933.

Great Depression

a severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II.

Fascism

Political movement that focused on being loyal to the state and obedient to the leader

Nazism

Adolf Hitler used fascism to create this type of government based on totalitarian ideas and was used to unite Germany during the 1930s.

Mein Kampf

Hitler's book in which he outlined his goals for Germany

Lebensraum

Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people

Appeasement

practice of giving in to an aggressor nation's demands in order to keep peace

Axis Power

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Isolation

a political view that countries should not be connected to each other. Every country for itself.

Third Reich

The Third German Empire, established by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

Munich Conference

a meeting between Germany, France, Britain, and Italy. The meeting divided Czechoslovakia.

Totalitarianism

government control over every aspect of public and private life

Great Purge

a campaign of terror in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, in which Joseph Stalin sought to eliminate all Communist Party members and other citizens who threatened his power

nationalism

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