18 terms

Terms	Definitions
Fascism	political movement that promotes extreme nationalism, denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial rule
Benito Mussolini	Fascist leader of Italy during WWII
Nazism	German brand of fascism
Adolf Hitler	Nazi leader of Germany during WWII
Third Reich	the German Empire
Munich Conference	a meeting at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Hitler's pledge to respect Czechoslovakia's borders
appeasement	giving in to an aggressor to keep peace
Axis Powers	alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan
isolationism	belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided
blitzkrieg	"lightning war" which involved fast moving planes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces
Winston Churchill	British prime-minister during WWII
Battle of Britain	Germany's failed attempt to defeat England through massive air strikes
Holocaust	mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by Nazi Germany before and during WWII
Genocide	the systematic killing of an entire people
ghettos	segregated Jewish areas during the Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials	a series of court trials in which Nazi leaders were tried for their crimes against humanity
D-Day	Allied troops took over Normandy, a major win in WWII
kamikazes	Japanese suicide pilots

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