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23 Cards in this Set
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Totalitarian State |
State with complete gov. control over PECS |
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Mein Kampf |
"My Struggle" book Hitler wrote while in Prison |
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SS (Schutzstaffel) |
Nazi Secret Police that functioned on terrorization |
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Nuremberg Laws |
Excluded Jews from citizenship, marriages and intermarriage between Jews and Non-Jews |
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Kristallnacht |
Nazi rampage against the Jews - destroyed Jewish businesses, churches and sent them to camps |
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Joseph Stalin |
Russian leader who created a totalitarian state by eliminating all oppression |
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Appeasement |
Diplomatic policy of making annexations to an enemy force to avoid conflict |
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Blitzkrieg |
"Lightning War" to create short military campaigns |
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Final Solution |
Attempt to completely exterminate the Jews |
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Luftwaffe |
Nazi Air Force |
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Cold War |
Military, political and ideological conflict between Soviet Union and US |
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Fascism |
Nationalistic and authoritative right-wing government |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
American General who led D-Day |
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Unconditional surrender principle |
If a country is defeated, it is completely put under control of the victorious country - no guarantees to losing side |
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Einsatzgruppen |
Hitler's special strike force to collect Jews and send them to camps and ghettos |
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Kamikaze |
Japanese suicide missions against American ships |
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Lebenstraum |
Expansionist policy of Aryan superiority in Mein Kampf |
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Hitler Jugend |
"Hitler Youth" youth organization which swore an oath of loyalty to Hitler |
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Kita Ikki |
Japanese publicist which believed the government was corrupted with western ideas and should return to tradition |
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Panzer Division |
Strike force of about 300 tanks with other forces and supplies used by the Germans against the Polish |
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Battle of Kursk |
Greatest Tank Battle of WWII between the Germans and Soviets |
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Sturmabteilung |
SA (Storm Troops) created by Hitler to defend the Nazi's in meeting halls and break up other meetings |
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Communism |
Idea of government where all property is owned by the community and stresses egalitarianism |
