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America First Committee: A non-interventionist group that opposed American entry into World War II.
Atlantic Charter: A pivotal policy statement issued in August 1941 that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world.
Appeasement: A diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power.
Battle of Britain: A military campaign in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force.
Blackshirts: Paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party in Italy, led by Mussolini.
Blitzkrieg: A method of warfare characterized by swift, surprise attacks using fast-moving and coordinated forces.
Neville Chamberlain: British Prime Minister known for his policy of appeasement towards Adolf Hitler.
Concentration Camps: Detention centers established by Nazi Germany for the imprisonment and extermination of Jews, political prisoners, and other groups.
Dunkirk: The evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, in 1940.
Fascism: A far-right, authoritarian ultranationalist political ideology and movement.
Good Neighbor Policy: A United States foreign policy doctrine, adopted by Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed at improving relations with Latin America.
USS Greer: An American destroyer involved in an incident with a German submarine in 1941, leading to a shoot-on-sight policy.
Guernica: A town in Spain bombed by Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War, also the subject of a famous painting by Picasso.
Gulags: Soviet labor camps used for political prisoners and dissidents.
Adolf Hitler: Leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) and dictator of Nazi Germany.
Kellogg-Briand Pact: An international agreement that attempted to prevent war by making it illegal.
Lebensraum: The Nazi policy of territorial expansion for the purpose of providing living space for the German people.
Lend-Lease Act: A program under which the United States supplied Allied nations with aid and military material during World War II.
Manchuria: A region in Northeast Asia invaded by Japan in 1931.
Mein Kampf: An autobiographical manifesto by Adolf Hitler outlining his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
Munich Conference: A 1938 meeting where Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in an attempt to avoid war.
Benito Mussolini: Fascist dictator of Italy and ally of Nazi Germany.
Neutrality Acts: A series of laws passed in the 1930s to prevent the United States from becoming involved in foreign conflicts.
Non-Aggression Pact: A treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 agreeing not to attack each other.
Quarantine Speech: A speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 calling for an international "quarantine" against the spread of fascism.
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act: A 1934 act that aimed to reduce tariffs and expand international trade.
Reparations: Compensation demanded by the Allied powers from Germany after World War I.
Selective Service Act: A law passed in 1940 requiring men to register for the draft.
Spanish Civil War: A conflict from 1936 to 1939 between Republicans and Nationalists in Spain, with significant international involvement.
Stab in the Back: A myth that Germany's defeat in World War I was due to internal betrayal rather than military failure.
Joseph Stalin: Leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
Stormtroopers (SA): The original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party.
Sudetenland: A region of Czechoslovakia annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938.
Totalitarianism: A political system in which the state recognizes no limits to its authority and seeks to regulate every aspect of public and private life.
Hideki Tojo: Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II.
Vichy France: The government of unoccupied France after the country's defeat by Nazi Germany in 1940.