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26 Cards in this Set
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idea of Hitler, saying Germany needs more land and living space because the population is growing
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lebensraum
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Hitler takes over the border between Germany and France, saying he needs troops to be ready in case USSR attacks
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Rhineland
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Germany is going to annex Austria and violate Treaty of Versailles
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Anschluss
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territory that Hitler wants because there are German speaking people there, result: Munich Pact
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Sudetenland
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Prime Minister of Great Britain who argues with Winston Churchill to sign the Munich Pact, but is proven wrong when Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia
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Neville Chamberlain
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Prime Minister of France, who attended the meeting in Munich
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Edouard Daladier
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giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace
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appeasement
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became Prime Minister of Great Britain after arguing with Neville not to sign the Munich Pact with Hitler
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Winston Churchill
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pact between Japan, Germany and Italy formed by the tripartite pact
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Axis Powers
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pact between Japan and Germany to stop communism and to help each other if attacked by USSR
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Anti-Comintern Pact
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group led by fascist, Francisco Franco, that gets support from Germany and Italy against the Republicans
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Nationalists, Francisco Franco
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Spanish government of international brigade volunteers that fights against the nationalists with support from Soviet Union
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Republicans
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pact between Germany and USSR because Hitler wants USSR to stay neutral when he fights Great Britain and France, and Stalin no longer trusts Great Britain and France
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
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an agreement in which each side promises not to attack the other
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nonaggression pact
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when Germany decides to attack in the west and the Soviet Union in the east of Poland
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blitzkrieg
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name given to Great Britain and France when they declare war on Germany
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Allies
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forest in Belgium that the Germans go through into France
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Ardennes
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port city on the coast of France, where the Allies get pushed to and rescued by the British navy
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Dunkirk
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government in southern France that cooperates with nazis, led by Henri Detain
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Vichy
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general, who led the free french
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Charles de Gaulle
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battle in Oct. 1940 when the British defeats the Germans, who lost too many airplanes, result operation Barbarossa invasion of USSR
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Battle of Britain
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British airforce that uses radar to fight against the luftwaffe Germans, wins because of the London blitz
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Royal Air Force
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advantage allowing the British to detect incoming German air attacks before the German planes were visible
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radar
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Great Britain bombs London at night to terrorize the public, Hitler thinks the citizens will tell the government to give up
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London Blitz
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general who leads Japan to attack Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
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Hideki Tojo
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to avoid involvement in the affairs of other nations
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isolationism
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