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HITLER
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FUHRER OF GERMANY 1933-1945
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NAZIS
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POLITICAL PARTY OF HITLER
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ARYANS
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NAZI NAME FOR THE SUPERIOR RACE OF GERMANS
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TOTALITARIANISM
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FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT SEEKS TO CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF CITIZENS' LIVES
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ANTI-SEMITISM
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HATRED OF JEWS
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VIENNA
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MULTI-NATIONAL CAPITAL OF AUSTRIAN EMPIRE WHERE HITLER LEARNED TO HATE NON-GERMANS
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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TREATY THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I AND HARSHLY PUNISHED GERMANY
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PLURALITY
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HAVING MORE VOTES THAN OTHERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A MAJORITY
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INFLATION
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DECLINING VALUE OF MONEY
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HYPERINFLATION
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CATASTROPHIC GERMAN INFLATION OF THE EARLY 1920'S
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DEPRESSION
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SEVERE UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THAT BEGAN WITH WALL ST CRASH OF 1929
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PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
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DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IN WHICH EXECUTIVE IS THE LEADER OF THE LARGEST PARTY IN THE LEGISLATURE
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COALITION
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GROUP OF PARTIES THAT ALLY TEMPORARILY IN ORDER TO PASS BILLS OR GOVERN
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REICHSTAG
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GERMAN PARLIAMENT DURING HITLER'S TIME
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S.A.
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HITLER'S PRIVATE ARMY, USED TO BULLY AND INTIMIDATE OPPONENTS
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STORMTROOPERS
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ANOTHER NAME FOR THE S.A.
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CHANCELLOR
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HITLER'S 1ST POSITION IN GERMANY, BASICALLY PRIME MINISTER
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WEIMAR REPUBLIC
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT 1919-1934, AND ITS FIRST DEMOCRACY EVER
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HINDENBERG
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GERMAN WAR HERO AND PRESIDENT DURING HITLER'S CHANCELLORSHIP
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REICHSTAG FIRE
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1933 ACT BLAMED ON COMMUNISTS, THAT ENABLED HITLER TO HAVE THEM BANNED FROM REICHSTAG ELECTIONS
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ENABLING ACT
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1933 BILL THAT GAVE HITLER POWER OF DECREE
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S.S.
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ELITE NAZI GROUP OF BRUTAL, OBEDIENT, AND ARYAN-LOOKING ENFORCERS
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GESTAPO
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NAZI SECRET POLICE
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DER FUHRER
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TITLE THAT HITLER TOOK IN 1934 TO SYMBOLIZE HIS REFUSAL TO ADHERE TO THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION
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NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
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1934 ELIMINATION OF THE S.A. LEADERSHIP AND DISBANDING OF THE MEMBERSHIP
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WEHRMACHT
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REGULAR GERMAN ARMY
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ANNEXATION
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A TERRITORY THAT IS ADDED ON TO ANOTHER COUNTRY
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LEBENSRAUM
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LITERALLY 'LIVING SPACE'--HITLER'S ARGUMENT JUSTIFYING GERMAN AGGRESSION
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MUNICH CONFERENCE
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1938 MEETING IN WHICH ENGLAND APPEASED HITLER AND GAVE HIM SUDETANLAND
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APPEASEMENT
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GIVING SOMEONE WHAT THEY WANT IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM FROM DOING SOMETHING HARMFUL TO YOU; EUROPE'S POLICY TOWARD HITLER IN THE 1930'S
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SUDETANLAND
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GERMAN-SPEAKING PART OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA GIVEN TO HITLER AT MUNICH
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RHINELAND
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DEMILITARIZED ZONE BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE INVADED BY HITLER IN VIOLATION OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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ANSCHLUSS
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FORCEFUL 1938 ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA TO GERMANY
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BLIZKRIEG
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GERMAN OFFENSIVE STRATEGY OF TANK/ARTILLERY ON THE GROUND WITH INTENSIVE AIR COVER
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NAZI-SOVIET PACT
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1939 NONAGGRESSION TREATY BETWEEN HITLER'S GERMANY AND STALIN'S RUSSIA
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USSR
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ANOTHER NAME FOR SOVIET UNION, RUSSIA
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STALIN
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LEADER OF SOVIET UNION IN WORLD WAR II
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BLITZ
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NAZI BOMBING OF CIVILIAN TARGETS IN ENGLAND DURING BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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D-DAY
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1944 ALLIED INVASION TO LIBERATE FRANCE
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AXIS
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WWII ALLIANCE OF GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN
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ALLIES
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WWII ALLIANCE OF GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND THE U.S.
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EL-ALAMEIN
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BATTLE THAT LIBERATED NORTH AFRICA FROM THE AXIS
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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AUTUMN 1940 NAZI AIR-SEA ATTEMPT TO CONQUER BRITAIN
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STALINGRAD
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WWII BATTLE IN WHICH RUSSIANS DEFEATED NAZI GERMANY
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MUSSOLINI
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FASCIST DICTATOR OF ITALY, 1933-1943
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR
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1936-7 CONFLICT BETWEEN REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT AND FASCIST INSURGENTS, IN WHICH HITLER & MUSSOLINI HELPED THE FASCISTS
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HIROSHIMA
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CITY UPON WHIHC AMERICAN ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED, 1945
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1918
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DATE OF END OF WWII
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1933
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DATE OF HITLER'S ASCENSION TO POWER IN GERMANY
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1934
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DATE OF NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
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1938
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DATE OF THE MUNICH CONFERENCE
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1939
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DATE OF BEGINNING OF WWII IN EUROPE
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1945
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DATE OF END OF WWII, ATOMIC BOMB, BEGINNING OF COLD WAR
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COLD WAR
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NON-MARTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND RUSSIAN COMMUNISM AFTER WWII
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FUHRERPRINZIP
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FASCIST LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE, IN WHICH ABSOLUTE POWER RESIDES IN A SINGLE LEADER
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SOCIAL DARWINISM
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DARWINIAN BELIEF IN SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
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REPARATIONS
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HARSH WAR DEBTS IMPOSED UPON GERMANY BY THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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HOLOCAUST
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MURDER OF 6 MILLION JEWS IN THE DEATH CAMPS OF NAZI GERMANY
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UNITED NATIONS
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WORLD PEACEKEEPING BODY ESTABLISHED AFTER WORLD WAR II
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CORAL SEA
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BATTLE THAT SAVED AUSTRALIA FROM THE JAPANESE
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DEMILITARIZED ZONE
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A REGION DECLARED OFF-LIMITS TO TO NATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN WARRING OVER IT, LIKE RHINELAND AFTER WWI
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FRANCO
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FASCIST DICTATOR OF SPAIN HELPED BY HITLER & MUSSOLINI
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MANCHURIA
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CHINESE REGION TAKEN OVER BY JAPANESE EMPIRE IN 1931
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PHONY WAR
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PERIOD BETWEEN SEPT. 1939 INVASION OF POLAND AND MAY 1940 BLITZKRIEG ATTACKS ON W. EUROPE
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LUFTWAFFE
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GERMAN AIR FORCE
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GRAND ALLIANCE
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INFORMAL NAME OF WWII ALLIANCE OF BRITAIN, FRANCE, SOVIET UNION, AND UNITED STATES (THE ALLIES)
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UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
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DEFEAT SO TOTAL THAT IT MEANS VICTOR DOES WHAT IT WANTS TO DEFEATED
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TEHRAN CONFERENCE
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1943 CONFERENCE OF ALLIES AT WHICH IT WAS DECIDED RUSSIA WOULD LIBERATE EASTERN EUROPE AND AMERICA/BRITAIN THE WEST
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YALTA CONFERENCE
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FEB. 1945 CONFERENCE IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES FAILED TO PREVENT SOVIET COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF EASTERN EUROPE
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MANHATTAN PROJECT
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SECRET AND ENORMOUS AMERICAN PROJECT TO DEVELOP THE ATOMIC BOMB DURING WWII
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IRON CURTAIN
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CHURCHILL'S TERM FOR RUSSIAN COMMUNIST CONTROL OVER EASTERN EUROPE
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UNITED NATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION FOUNDED AFTER WWII
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RADIO FREE EUROPE
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AMERICAN PROPAGANDA NETWORK DURING THE COLD WAR
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PRAVDA /TASS
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SOVIET PROPAGANDA ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE COLD WAR
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NATO
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AMERICAN-LED WESTERN DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE DURING COLD WAR
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WARSAW PACT
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RUSSIAN LED ALLIANCE OF EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST NATIONS DURING COLD WAR
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CIA
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AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING (SPY) ORGANIZATION BEGUN DURING COLD WAR
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KGB
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SOVIET SECRET POLICE DURING COLD WAR
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SURROGATE WARS
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COLD-WAR PERIOD WARS IN KOREA AND VIETNAM IN WHICH AMERICAN AND RUSSIA SUPPORTED BELLIGERENTS WITHOUT FIGHTING EACH OTHER
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SPUTNIK
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1957 SOVIET SATELITE WHICH BEGAN THE COLD WAR SPACE RACE
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1919
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DATE OF END OF WORLD WAR I
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1933
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DATE IN WHICH HITLER BECAME CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY
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1934
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DATE OF NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
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1938
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DATE OF MUNICH CONFERENCE
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THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN1939
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DATE OF NAZI-SOVIET PACT / INVASION OF POLAND / BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II
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1940
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DATE OF BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN1941
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DATE OF GERMAN INVASION OF RUSSIA / PEARL HARBOR
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1944
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DATE OF INVASION OF NORMANDY
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THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1945
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END OF WWII / BEGINNING OF COLD WAR / FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
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