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16 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Stalin
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1937-1945
ruthless leader of the soviet union, came to power in 1924. focused on creating a model communist state. |
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Totalitarianism
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1937-1945
government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all opposition. |
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Benito Mussolini
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1937-1945
fascist dictator of italy |
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Fascism
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1937-1945
political system based on a strong, centralized government headed by a dictator |
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Adolf Hitler
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1937-1945
Nazi dictator of Germany |
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Nazism
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1937-1945
Fascist political philosophy of Germany under Nazi dictator Hitler |
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Francisco Franco
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1937-1945
Fascist dictator of Spain |
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Neutrality Acts
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1937-1945
Laws passed by congress to ban the sale of arms or loans to nations at war. |
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Winston Churchill
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prime minister of Great Britain during world war II
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Blitzkrieg
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Lightning war strategy Germany used to take over Poland in one month
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Holocaust
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systematic murder of 11 million Jews and other people in Europe by the Nazis
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Genocide
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Deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people
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Concentration Camps
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Prison camps operated by the Nazis were Jews and others were starved while doing slave labor, or murdered.
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Axis powers
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Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Allied Powers
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Group of nations, including the united states, Britain, and the soviet union, who opposed the Axis Powers
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Hideki Tojo
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Prime minister of Japan during world war II
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