Chapter 24: World War Looms

Declaration of war aims by Churchill and FDR which pledged economic cooperation, security, etc.

Leader of USSR: wanted a model communist state. Responsible for deaths of 8-10 million people:

Move in campaign for racial purity, the systematic murder of 11 million people in Europe

Isolationist plan allowed FDR to lend supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the US

Chamberlain's political rival: disagreed w/signing Munich Pact, saw it as shameful appeasement

Type of government that exerts complete control over its citizens: individuals have no rights

Policy of giving up principles in order to pacify an aggressor.

The "Night of the Broken Glass" in which Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues

The group of nations that fought the Axis Powers .

Japanese general and prime minister of Japan during much of WWII.

German chancellor who wanted to enforce racial "purification". Established the Third Reich.

A series of acts passed by Congress in effort to keep the US out of future wars.

German brand of fascism that was based on extreme nationalism. Goal was to create German empire

Jews were herded onto trains for shipment to _ _ or labor camps.

Segregated Jewish areas in Polish cities. They were dismal, overcrowded and sealed off by Nazis

Surprize agreement between Germany and USSR in which they promised never to attack each other.

The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. Ex: the Holocaust

British prime minister who signed the Munich Agreement in an attempt to appease Hitler.

After the fall of France, he fled to England to set up a government-in-exile.

Party that stressed nationalism & placed the interests of the state above those of individuals.

Led the rebellion against the Spanish republic causing revolts and the Spanish Civil War.

Made up of Germany, Italy and Japan. Signed a mutual defense treaty called the Tripartite Pact.

Man who established a totalitarian regime in Italy: 1921 established the Fascist Party.

Germany was able to use this new military strategy in the invasion of Poland (aka lighting war)