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30 Cards in this Set
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Munich agreement |
Germany granted control over Sudentland by France and England. Failure of appeasement to Hitler. |
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Appeasement |
Trying to please Hitler so that war is avoided. |
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact |
Non aggression treaty between Russia and Germany. Ribbentrop sent in August 1939. Secret protocols |
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Anschluss |
March 1938, German troops cross into Austria. 99% unification. Most Austrians supportive of Germany. |
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Maginot Line |
Lol |
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Blitzkrieg |
Lightning warfare. Highly successful campaign. Lead to Hitler conquering almost stole continent of Europe |
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Vichy Regime |
Helped Germans by economic collaboration and arresting Jew's. French. |
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Collaboration |
Independent from Germans, regime setup purge and quota system for Jew's. 76,000 deported. 2,000 returned. |
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Battle of Britain |
First major campaign fought by Air Force. Decisive British victory. |
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Alan Turing |
British mathematician and cryptographer. Worked to break Enigma. Model for future computers. |
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Lend-lease |
Massive program of military/economic aid to USSR. From US. Impact still debated. |
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Wannsee Conference |
Decision to kill all Jew's under German authority. Creation of concentration and extermination camps. |
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Battle of Stalingrad |
Psychological turning point of war. |
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Operation Barbarossa |
Largest invasion force in history. Goals were destruction of Bolshevik, and captor of agricultural land. |
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Werner Von Braun |
Key scientist who worked on Nazi weapons programs. Head of V2 program. Chief engineer at NASA |
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Battle of Midway |
Turning point in Pacific War. Imperial navy lost all 4 aircraft carriers. Started island hopping campaign |
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V2 Rocket Program |
World's first long range guided ballistic missile. Model for ICBMs |
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Messerschmitt ME 262 |
World's first jet powered plane. Only 200 operational during war, brought down 542. |
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Marshall Plan |
Program of massive economic aid by U.S. to Western EU. Wildly successful, Europe fully recovered by 1952 |
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Nuremburg Tribunal |
Postwar prosecution of political, military, and business elites. |
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Warsaw Pact |
Stalin rigged local elections and installed communist governments. Struggle between capitalism and communism will resume. |
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United Nations |
International organization to promote Internationale cooperation. Maintain international peace and security, promoting human rights, etc. |
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United Nations |
International organization to promote Internationale cooperation. Maintain international peace and security, promoting human rights, etc. |
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Security Council |
Permanent members of UN. USA, Russia , China , Britain, France |
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Alsace Lorraine |
Land split. |
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NATO. |
Alliance dedicated to stopping the spread of Communism. |
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European Coal and Steel Community |
Founded in 1951. To reduce potential for conflict between member states. Fore runner of EU |
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Eurozone |
Group of European Union Nations whose national currency is the euro |
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Turkish Candidacy |
Cultural differences and rule of law, humans rights issues |
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Schengen Agreement |
Treaty that lead to the creation Europe's border less Schengen Area |
