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29 Cards in this Set
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Totalitarian State
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Gov't control; subordination of the individual to the state
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Fascism
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Nation above the individual, centralized gov't w/ a dictatorial leader
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Appeasement
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Accepting Hitler's annexation of Austria and Czech in the belief that meeting his demands would ensure peace and stability
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Blitzkrieg
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War w/ great speed and force "Lightning war"
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Nazi New Order
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Nazi's plan for their conquered territories
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Final Solution
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Nazi name for the extermination of the Jews
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Mein Kampf
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Hitler's autobiographical account of his movement and its underlying ideology
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Lebensraum
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"Living space"; a nation's power depends on how much land it has`
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Kristallnacht
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"Night of Shattered Glass"; Nazi-led rampage against the Jews
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Sudetenland
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Area in northwestern Czech
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Manchukuo
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Name given to Manchuria under Japanese control
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Vichy France
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France NOT controlled by Germany
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Unconditional Surrender
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surrender of a nation`
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of the National Fascist Party; Dictator of Italy
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Dunkirk
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German panzer divisions trapped French troops and the British Army
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Death Camps
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Jews were killed
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5-Year Plan
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Stalin's economic policy to transform the agrarian Soviet Union into an industrial country
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Stalin's Great Purge
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Stalin arrested and killed millions b/c of his desire for absolute autocracy
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VE and VJ Day
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end of war in Europe and Japan
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Eisenhower
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General who led Allied forces in Europe, led invasion of North Africa and D-Day
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Erwin Rommel
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Commander of the German Army in North Africa; Afrika Korps
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Franklin Roosevelt
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U.S. President
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Winston CHurchill`
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Prime minister of Britain
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Douglas MacArthur
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American general in the Pacific; fought in Philippines
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George C Marshall
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Marshall Plan, US general
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Battle of Britain
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German air force attack on British air and naval Bases, Britain won
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Stalingrad
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Turning point of war in Europe; Germany fought Soviets over control of the city, Germany lost
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Midway
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Turning point of war in Pacific; America destroyed Japanese aircraft, America won
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Normandy
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American naval invasion on German-controlled France; allies won
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