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Albert Einstein

A German-born physicist who offered ideas on space, time, energy,etc.

Theory of Relativity

Relative motion was key to Einstein's idea

Sigmund Frued

Austrian physician with ideas as revolutionary as Einstein

Existentialism

The belief that there is no meaning to life

Friedrich Nietzsche

The German philosopher who influenced existentialism

Surrealism

An art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life

Jazz

A new popular music style that came from the United States

Charles Lindbergh

An American pilot who captured the world's attention with a 33 hour solo flight from New York to Paris

Coalition government

A temporary alliance of several parties

Weimar Republic

Named after the city where the National Assembly met

Great Depression

An economic free fall that touched every corner of the world which started on Oct. 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed

New Deal

Roosevelt made for all the unemployed

Fascism

A militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to it's leader

Bonito Mussolini

A newspaper editor and politician who promised Italy their rise to power

Adolf Hitler

A political leader who turned out to be a huge fascist, he then continued to start WWII and mass genocide

Nazism

German brand of fascism

Mein Kampf

A book Hitler wrote whilst in jail about the superiority of pure Germans

Lebenstraum

The living space Hitler declared the German;s needed

Appeasment

The act of giving in to an aggressor by means of keeping peace

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy and Japan

Francisco Franco

An army leader who favored a fascist-style government and began to revolt

Isolationalism

The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided

Third Reich

The German empire

Munich Conference

A conference held on Sept. 29 that came about by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany signing an agreement that gave Hitler the Czechs

Non-Aggression Pact

A pact with Hitler on July 23 to prevent violence against Jews

Battle of Britain

This battle went on til May 10, 1941

Atlantic Charter

This was intended to help free up trade among nations

Blitzkrieg

Known as lightning warfare which consisted of three parts: tanks, airplanes, & motorized infantry

Charles de Gualle

He hosted a broadcast on June 18, 1940 in hopes to increase the French resistance against Axis powers

Winston Churchill

Britain's Prime Minister who helped lead Britain's fight against Nazi's in WWII

Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese naval strategist who was the best of his time, he led the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

A US Naval base lied in the Harbor that was bombed by Japan with a total of 18 ships and 3400+ people either injured or dead

Battle of Midway

A Japanese code was intercepted and America was able to ambush the fleet coming for us, which ended with Japan retreating

Douglas MacArthur

A General who was commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific

Battle of Guadacanal

America caught Japan off guard on their own island and didn't back down until Japan retreated

Aryans

Germanic people Nazi's claimed were the superior people

Holocaust

The mass slaughter of civilians, mainly Jews, due to the Aryan's racist messages

Kristallnacht

The German retaliation against Jewish communities by smashing in glass windows on Nov. 9, 1938

Ghettos

An over-crowded area where Jews were forced to live in

"Final Solution"

Hitler's plan to kill off all the Jews quickly, or at least faster than starvation

Genocide

The systematic killing of an entire people