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Dictators
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Leaders who ruled their nations by force.
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Benito Mussolini
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Became dictator of Italy
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Fascism
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Extreme nationalism and racism
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Adolph Hitler
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Leader of the Nazi Party. 1933 became chancellor of Germany
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Nazi Party
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Hitler's political party
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Totalitarian
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A single party that controls government and suppresses all opposition and controls all aspects of the people's lives.
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Joseph Stalin
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The communists dictator of the Soviet Union after Lenin's death in 1924.
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Appeasement
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Giving into aggression in order to avoid further conflict
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Soviet-German Non-Aggression Act
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Stalin (Soviet Union) and Hitler (Germany) signed an agreement promising not to attack eachother
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightning War." Referred to the attack of Poland by Germany.
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