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39 Cards in this Set
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German term for "living space" - what Hitler wanted for the German people and what he subsequently got by taking over most of Europe
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LEBENSRAUM
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Term given to Hitler's annexation of Austria
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ANSCHLUSS
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Area of Czechoslovakia taken by Hitler because of the large number of German people who lived there
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SUDETENLAND
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Term given to the Nazi decision to eliminate the Jewish people from Europe using gas chambers
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FINAL SOLUTION
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Term for the powers in WWII of Germany, Italy and Japan
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AXIS POWERS
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Term for France led by Petain under Nazi control
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VICHY REGIME
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Deal made between Hitler and Stalin to divide Poland between them and not invade each other
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NAZI-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION PACT
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Communist leader of Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
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STALIN
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Fascist leader of Germany from 1933 to 1945
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HITLER
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Fascist leader of Italy from 1920s to 1940s
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MUSSOLINI
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ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER DURING WWII
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CHURCHILL
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LEADER OF THE USA FOR MOST OF WWII
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FDR - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
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TERM DESCRIBING THE POWER OF KEY INDIVIDUALS DURING WWII TO COMMAND THE ATTENTION OF THEIR FOLLOWERS - GOOD OR EVIL
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CULT OF PERSONALITY
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JAPANESE EMPEROR DURING WWII
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HIROHITO
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MAIN JAPANESE MILITARY COMMANDER
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TOJO
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TERM DESCRIBING HOW ALLIES FOUGHT JAPANESE INN THE PACIFIC
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ISLAND HOPPING
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FIRST CITY USA DROPPED ATOMIC BOMB ON
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HIROSHIMA
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SECOND CITY USA DROPPED ATOMIC BOMB ON
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NAGASAKI
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TERM FOR US STAYING IN JAPAN 1946-1952 TO REBUILD THE NATION AS A DEMOCRATIC ALLY
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OCCUPATION
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TERM FOR JAPANESE SUICIDE PILOTS IN WWII
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KAMIKAZE
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STRATEGY USED BY ALLIES AND AXIS POWERS ALIKE WHERE CITIES AND THEIR CIVILIAN POPULATIONS WERE HEAVILY BOMBED
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CARPET BOMBING
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EVENT WHERE JAPANESE SOLDIERS DEVASTATED THE CITY OF NANKING AND ITS FEMALE CIVILIAN POPULATION
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RAPE OF NANKING
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GERMAN TERM FOR "PHONY WAR" WHICH OCCURS AT THE BEGINNING OF WWII
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SITZKRIEG
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LINE OF FORTIFICATIONS RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY
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MAGINOT LINE
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FAMOUS ALLIED INVASION AT NORMANDY, FRANCE WHICH TURNED THE TIDE OF WAR, PUSHING THE GERMANS BACK TOWARD GERMANY
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D-DAY
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SITE OF BATTLE WHERE BRITISH AND FRENCH SOLDIERS WERE TRAPPED BY THE GERMANS AND WERE RESCUED BY PEOPLE IN ALL KINDS OF SEA VESSELS
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DUNKIRK
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TERM FOR HITLER'S INVASION OF RUSSIA
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OPERATION BARBAROSSA
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MOST FAMOUS DEATH CAMP IN POLAND
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AUSCHWITZ
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CAMP CREATED BY NAZIS TO DETAIN ALL PEOPLE WHO THEY DEEMED A THREAT TO THEIR SECURITY
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CONCENTRATION CAMP
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TERM FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF 6 MILLION JEWS AND 5-6 MILLION "OTHERS" DURING WWII
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HOLOCAUST
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STRATEGY USED BY RUSSIANS AGAINST GERMAN INVADERS IN WHICH RUSSIANS DESTROYED THEIR HOMES AND CROPS
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SCORCHED EARTH POLICY
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VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY
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V-E DAY
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VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY
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V-J DAY
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POLICIES BY WHICH THE USA LENT OR SOLD SUPPLIES AND WEAPONS TO THE BRITISH BEFORE 1942
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LEND-LEASE and CASH-N-CARRY POLICIES
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INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION CREATED AFTER WWII
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UNITED NATIONS
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FAMOUS PAINTING BY PABLO PICASSO COMMEMORATING THE FASCIST ATTACK ON A SPANISH TOWN DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939
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GUERNICA
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FASCIST SPANISH LEADER FOR LED A CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN AND THEN RULED A FASCIST FRANCE
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FRANCISCO FRANCO
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POLICY USED BY CHAMBERLAIN AND ALLIED POWERS IN WHICH THEY ALLOWED HITLER TO BREAK THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES SO THAT THEY COULD AVOID WAR
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APPEASEMENT
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Term for "lightning war" - strategy involving three pronged attack: first planes, then tanks, then infantry
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BLITZKRIEG
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