Joseph Stalin - Communist dictator of the Soviet Union, totalitarian - Government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all opposition, Benito Mussolini - Fascist dictator of Italy, fascism - Political system that stressed nationalism and the interests of the state, Adolf Hitler - Nazi dictator of Germany, Nazism - Fascist political philosophy of Germany based on extreme nationalism, Hideki Tojo - Prime minister of Japan during World War II, Neville Chamberlain - Prime minister of Great Britain before World War II, Winston Churchill - Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II, appeasement - Trying to pacify an aggressor in order to keep the peace, nonaggression pact - Agreement between Germany and Russia not to attack each other, blitzkrieg - Lightning war strategy used by Germany against Poland, Neutrality Acts Laws - passed by Congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war, Axis powers - Germany, Italy, and Japan, Selective Training and Service Act - First peacetime military draft under which 16 million men between the ages of 21 and 35 were registered, Lend-Lease Act - Law that allowed lending or leasing arms to any nation “whose defense was vital to the United States”, Atlantic Charter - British and American statement of war goals, Allies - Group of nations, including the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, who opposed the Axis powers,

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