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policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands in order to keep the peace

opposition to all war

a series of acts passed by the U.S. Congress from 1935 to 1939 that aimed to keep the U.S. from becoming involved in WWII

group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in World War II

official name of the Nazi party for its regime in Germany; held power from 1933 to 1945

union of Austria and Germany

a region of western Czechoslovakia

Organization that was created at the end of WW1 that was to keep peace throughout the world

King of Ethiopia when Italy invaded them in 1935

A series of punishments against a particular country for some sort of violations

Leader of Germany during WW2

group of countries led by Britain, france, and Russia who fought together during WW2

Leader of italy during WW2

All the German speaking people under the leadership of Adolf Hitler

An agreement between France and Britain and German that gave Germany the Sudetenland land in return for peace

Leader of France during WW2

Leader of Great Britain during WW2

Leader of Russia during WW2

Name of Germany’s invasion of Great Britain

General of the German Army that invaded North Africa. He was nicknamed the “Desert Fox.”

The name of the German Invasion of Russia

The American president during the beginning years of WW2

Meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt that set goals for the war

Prime minister of Japan when they invaded Pearl Harbor

Japanese invasion of the United States on the island of Hawaii

add a territory to an existing state or country

agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 in which the two nations promised not to fight each other and to divide up land in Eastern Europe

lightning war

German air force

port in France from which 300,000 Allied troops were evacuated when their retreat by land was cut off by the German advance in 1940

city in central France where a puppet state governed unoccupied France and the French colonies

act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1941 that allowed the president (FDR) to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense was considered vital to the United States