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34 Cards in this Set
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isolationism
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avoid international commitments
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Axis Powers
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Japan, Germany, Italy
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Facism
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aggrssive nationalism /anti-communist
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Manchuria
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Rich in resources, control(japan)
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Lend-lease act
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vital to the defense of the US
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hemispheric defense zone
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western half /atlantic,neutral
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strategic materials
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oil,iron,fl
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reuben james
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US ship sunk by german submarines
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blitzkrieg
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lightning war
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maginot line
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french line of concrete bunkers built along the german border
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holocaust
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mass killing of jews and others
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Auschwitz
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largest extermination camps 1.6 million
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Anschluss
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unification of australia and germany
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cash and carry
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cant sell weapons but buy non military products for cash and must pick up
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Gestapo
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german secret police
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sitzkrieg
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sitting war
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aryans
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master race
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internationalism
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trade creates prosperity and helps to prevent war
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buchenwald
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first,largest concentration camps
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luftwaffe
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german air force
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mein kampf
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My struggle written by hitler
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lebensraum
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giving space
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joseph stalin
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dictator of SU communists, killed millions
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fransisco franco
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led rebellion in spain
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adolf hitler
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Nazi leader of germany
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bentio mussolini
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facist dictator of italy
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appeasment
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giving in exchange for peace
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poland
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nazi soviet non aggression pact
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storm troopers
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german military loyal to hitler
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atlantic charter
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between Us and britain post world of democrcy
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blackshirts
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italian militia
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december 7 1941
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bombing of pearl harbor
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shoah
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hebrew for catastrophe
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danzig
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polish port with german routes
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