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Blitzkrieg |
Lighting war an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. |
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Atlantic charter |
was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland |
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Demilitarization |
the reduction of state armed forces. in this sense is usually the result of a peace treaty ending a war or a major conflict. A drastic voluntary reduction in size of a victorious army is called demobilization. |
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Democratization |
The process of creating a government elected by the people |
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Final soultion |
Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people |
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Kamikaze |
Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target. |
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Lend-lease act |
Passed in March 1941,the president could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the u.s |
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Luft waffe |
German air Force |
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Kristallnacht |
Night of broken glass the night of 10-9-1938 in which Nazi storm troopers attached Jewish homes |
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Maginot line |
A system of fortification along Frances border with Germany |
