Unit 1- Honors history 10 suehr

Nazi Party

A party run by Hitler that used terror and fear to achieve its goals.

Collaboration

Working with your nation's enemy.

Beer Hall Putsch

A massive meeting on November 8, 1923, where Hitler took action.

Luftwaffe

The German air force.

Mao Zedong

Leader of Communist China.

Neville Chamberlain

Prime Minister of Britain before Churchill.

Neutrality Acts

Laws passed to prevent the USA from getting involved in foreign wars.

Axis Powers

Countries that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II.

Blitzkrieg

Lightning warfare using fast, concentrated air and land attacks to surprise the enemy.

Poland

A country invaded by Germany during World War II.

Brown Shirts

Groups that protected Hitler and enforced his ideas.

Appeasement

Giving in to a competitor's demands to maintain peace.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Admiral of the Japanese Navy.

Stalin

A cruel Communist ruler of the Soviet Union during WWII.

War Guilt Clause

A provision that made Germany accept blame for starting World War I.

America First Committee

A group formed in 1940 by isolationists to block further aid to Britain.

Henri-Philippe Pétain

Head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France.

Francisco Franco

Dictator of Spain.

Hideki Tojo

Leader of the Japanese army in Manchuria and later Prime Minister of Japan.

Pearl Harbor

The site of the Japanese attack on U.S. naval ships.

Mein Kampf

Translated to "My Struggle," Hitler's autobiography.

Tripartite Pact

An agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan to join the Axis Powers.

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

A concept to expand Japanese influence in Asia.

Sudetenland

A part of Czechoslovakia given to Germany.

National Socialist German Workers' Party

The full name of the Nazi Party.

Lend-Lease Act

Allowed America to sell, lend, or lease arms to nations vital to U.S. defense.

Burma Road

A 700-mile road connecting Burma and China.

Isolationism

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs of other countries.

Manchukuo

A puppet state controlled by Japan.

Gulags

Slave camps in Russia where prisoners were worked to death.

Munich

A city associated with the Munich Agreement regarding Sudetenland.

Vichy France

The government of the free zone in France during WWII.

Anschluss

The political union of Germany and Austria.

Jiang Jieshi

Leader of the Nationalist Party in China.

Chuichi Nagumo

Commander who carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Dunkirk

The coast of France where British and German forces fought.

Totalitarian

A system that exerts total control over every aspect of life.

Enabling Bill

Legislation that gave Hitler dictatorial powers.

Black Shirts

Mussolini's enforcers who protected him.

Cash and Carry

A policy allowing American countries to sell non-military items to warring nations for cash.

Puppet State

An independent nation controlled by a stronger neighbor.

Purges

The process of removing enemies and undesirable individuals from power.

Collective Farms

Farms formed from many small holdings into a single unit under government supervision.

USS Arizona

An American ship sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Sitzkrieg

The "sit-down war" during the early stages of WWII.

Sir Winston Churchill

Became Prime Minister of Britain after Neville Chamberlain.

Hitler

The extremely nationalist ruler of Germany and leader of the Nazi Party.

Lebensraum

The concept of "living space" for the German people.

Treaty of Versailles

A peace treaty signed on June 28, 1919, that ended World War I.

Benito Mussolini

Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Fascist Party, allied with Hitler and Japan in WWII.

Maginot Line

A line of concrete fortifications built by France to deter German attacks.