World War II

Gestapo

Secret police for Hitler.

Reparations

Payments Germany had to pay for war damages.

Appeasement

To please or pacify demands in order to avoid war.

Genocide

A planned mass killing of an entire race or religion.

Fascism

A governmental system led by a dictator having complete control, power, and authority.

Totalitarianism

Total control by a leader or dictator.

Nationalism

Pride in one's country.

Imperialism

A stronger country taking over a weaker country for their natural resources.

Militarism

The building up of a military.

Isolationism

To stay out of other countries' affairs - staying neutral.

Joseph Stalin

Had a Five Year Plan to improve industry in the Soviet Union.

Benito Mussolini

Created a Fascist government in Italy.

Adolf Hitler

Planned a mass genocide against the Jews and many others in Germany.

Hiedki Tojo

Used expansionism as his foreign policy in Japan in hopes of gaining new raw materials.

Winston Churchill

Made a plan with Roosevelt and Stalin to defeat Hitler in WWII.