History Vocab

A militant and nationalistic movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader

Newspaper editor and Fascist leader of Italy; known for his powerful speeches. vowed to return Italy to its past greatness

Groups of Fascist soldiers loyal to Mussolini who would ttack communists and socialists o the streets

Resulted in Mussolin becoming the leader of Italy

the king of Italy during WWI

Mussolini's nickname "leader"

the Fascist dictator that rejected the treaty of Versailles, began to rearm germany and blamed Jews and communists for WWI

The German brand of Fascism, the nationalist Socialist german Worker's party

A hooked cross that the Nazi's adopted for their symbol

Hitler's private militia of storm troopers

Hitler's nickname "leader"

Attempt by Hitler to over throw the German government that started in a German Beer hall and resulted in Hitlers imporsonment

Hitler's book, My Struggle. Hitler set forth his goals for Germany

Hitler;s term for the "master race", especially those who were blond and blue eyed

"living space" Hitler believed Germany could obtain this by conquering eastern Europe and Russia

84 year old president of Germany who named Hitler chancellor in 1933 bc they thought they could control Hitler

Groups loyal to Hitler, an elite black uniformed unit that killed Hitler's enemies. Secret police

Argentinean dictator who patterned his rule after that of European Fascists

"Hitler Jugend" joined by most German school boys

This American sprinter won four gold medals in the 1932 Berlin Olympics

Practice of giving into a dictator to keep peace

japan, Italy & germany alliance

The Fascist leader of Spain after the Civil War

The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided to prevent war

Germany's empire that would include Austria and Szechoslovakia

A meeting of France, Germany, and Britain that allowed Germany to occupy the Rhineland and Hitler promised to respect Cxechoslovakia's new borders

International agreement signed in 1922 renouncing all war

The Godlike leader of japan during WWII

A militaristic japanese general and Prime Minister of japan during WWII

The Japanese attack on thousands of captured troops and civilians during the Japanese occupation of China

The emperor of Ethiopia during WWII

Taken over by Italy during WWII

A region or buffer zone between France and Germany that Hitler militarized in 1936

A famous painting by Pablo Picasso that shows the brutality of the Nazi air attack on  a Spanish town

Banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war

Term for the unification of Austria and Germany

Area in Czechoslovakia where German-speaking people lived

Region in Poland desired by Hitler for its port

The leader of Britain at the beginning of WWII who practiced the policy of appeasement

An agreement to not attack each other that was signed by germany and the USSR

An international association created after WWI with the goal of keeping peace between nations

An agreement between Germany and the Allied Powers of WWI that limited Germany's ability to rearm