Summative 3

A campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened Stalin's power

Government owned farms, workers were paid by government and they shared profits from products.

Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition

A political system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, controlling all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism.

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

government control over every aspect of public and private life; seen in Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union

1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further.

A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler before WWII

an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.

1942 World War II battle between the United States and Japan, a turning point in the war in the Pacific

Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

U.S., Britain, France, USSR in WWII

a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.