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Stalin began to modernize the Soviet Union with a 5-year plan. He tried to transform the USSR, Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition Lenin Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924) Hitler German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945), Nazi leader and founder; had over 6 million Jews assassinated during the Holocaust. Mussolini finding father of fascism, leader of italy for almost 21 years, most of that time as dictator. He dreamed of building Italy into a great empire, but he led his nation to defeat in and was executed by his own people. Franklin Roosevelt President elected after the depression. New deal, which was large public works projects helped to provide jobs for the unemployed. Established him as a leader of democracy. Winston Churchill the new British prime minister who declared that his nation would never give in. He was the most powerful weapon that the British had as they stood alone against Hitler's Germany. Wanted to crush Germany. Truman Successor of President Roosevelt, took control and decided to dropping of two atomic bombs on the Japanese Great Depression the severe economic slump that followed the collapse of the U.S. stock market in 1929, caused by the stock market crash and caused people to lost jobs, money and not be able to afford their mortgages Communism an economic system in which all means of production- land, mines, railroads, and businesses- are owned by people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally Bolsheviks a group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russian's government in November 1917 Totalitarianism a government control of every aspect of public and private life Fascism a political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule Nazi's ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany Mein Kamph My Struggle"- a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1924-24, in which he sets forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany Five Year Plan a planned outline by Joseph Stalin (Russia) in 1928 for the development of the Soviet Union's economy Great Purge a campaign of terror in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, in which Joseph Stalin sought to eliminate all Communist Party members and other citizens who threatened his power Axis Power during WW2, the nations of Germany, Italy and Japan, which had formed in alliance in 1936 Allies Power the group of nations, including Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States, that opposed the Axis Power in WW2 Appeasement the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war Isolationism a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries Anti-Semitism prejudice against Jews Nuremberg Laws hese laws stripped Jews of their citizenship and severley limited their political and economic rights; became an official ideology after Hitler became leader Holocaust a mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazi government of Germany before and during World War II Final Solution Hitler's program of strategically killing the entire Jewish people. Nuremberg Trials a series of court proceedings in Nuremberg, Germany, after World War 2, in which Nazi leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity Blitzkrieg "lighting war" The German invasion of Poland was the first to test this and it involved fast airplanes, tanks, and massive infantry forces to surprise attack the defenders. it worked on Poland Battle of Britain Hitler attacked Great Britain in the summer of 19400 by bombing. German focused on the cities. RAF got back at Germany and used radars to track them. Ended on May 10, 1941 when Hitler called off attacks and allies learned that Hitler could be blocked Pearl Harbor ecember 7, 1941 Japan attacked the Americans early morning and bombed the ships. Americans go and decoded messages before the attack but didn't know when it would come. Within two hours the Japanese damaged 19 ships and wounded over 1,100 Hiroshima August 6, 1945 US dropped an atomic bomb and killed 70,000-80,000 people due to the fact that they didn't reply to the threat Nagasaki Three days after Hiroshima, the US dropped a second bomb with more than 70,000 people killed and the radiation from both killed more people Stalingrad a 1942-43 battle of WW2, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union D-Day invasion an attack on German held France across the English Channel Battle of the Bulge battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of WW2