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17 Cards in this Set
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Lebensraum
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living space for Germans that was to be taken from the old german Habsburg lands, the slavs, poland and ukraine
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Lytton Report
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a report for the league of nations that condemned Japan for using force to occupy Manchuria but took no action leading to Japan's withdrawal
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Francisco Franco
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a Falangist that led an army from spanish morocco against the new republic beginning the spanish civil war. brought italy and germany together
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appeasement
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policy that the western powers adopted towards hitler before WWII because of WWI sorrow, british public opinion, france's following of british and dependence on maginot line, want for Mussolini to offset hitler, prospect of aerial bombardment and demands of rapid rearmament
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Rome-Berlin Axis Pact
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came with spanish civil war
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anti-comintern pact
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japan joined the axis. direct against international communism but mainly a diplomatic alliance
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Guernica
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basque town bombed in spanish civil war by axis
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Falangists
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spanish fascists that won the spanish civil war
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Anschluss
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union of germany and austria that was first attempted in 1934 by assassination but stopped by mussolini then forced in 1938 after a plebiscite. meant germany surrounded czechs which were bulwark of french defense
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Neville Chamberlain
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british prime minister determined not to go to war
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Sudetenland
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german terriroty in czechs that had rioting and czechs forced to give to hitler
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Edouard Daladier
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french premier forced czechs to agree to give sudetenland with threats of abandonment
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Munich Conference
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conference called by mussolini with germany, italy, france, and britain excluding czechs and ussr. hitler received all he demanded. a complete failure. some argue brought time to prepare but still unprepared. destroyed czechs. helped destroy chance of alliance by allie with ussr
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Nazi-soviet non aggression pact
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allowed russia to occupy baltic states and divided poland and allowed russia to take bessarabia from romania
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blitzkreig
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lightning warfare used by hitler employing fast moving, mass armored columns supported by airpower
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Dunkirk
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an allied loss where thousands of british and french fleeing to the english channel were saved by civilians
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Henri Petain
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ancient hero of verdun who asked for an armistice on french side
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