Wwii Vocab

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Totalitarianism

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Of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. Controls everything of its citizens

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Joseph Stalin

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Was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. But became an Ally in WWII

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Benito Mussolini

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An Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) rose to power in the wake of World War I as a leading proponent of Facism troops of the Facist’s where called Black Shirts. Lead because of violent victory. Mussolini allied himself with Hitler, relying on the German dictator to prop up his leadership during World War II, He took control of Italy, but he was killed shortly after the German surrender in Italy in 1945

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Adolf Hitler

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Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, serving as dictator for the bulk of his time in power. Elected because of his promise to make Germany great again. To build Germany again, Hitler provided jobs, began building military needs (Like US). His policies precipitated World War II and led to the genocide known as the Holocaust, which resulted in the deaths of some 6 million Jews and another 5 million noncombatants.

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Munich Pact & Appeasement

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British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. Munich Pact failed 11 months later.

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Axis Powers

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Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied powers in World War II. The opposing powers where US, France, Great Britain, And Soviet Union.

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Allies

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The opposing powers (US, France, Great Britain, And Soviet Union) had other allies to accompany them through out the war. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia.

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FDR

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Elected as the nation’s 32nd president in 1932 who enforced many rules to bring the US out of the Great Depression. On Roosevelt’s third term, he led the United States and its allies from isolationism to victory over Nazi Germany and its allies in World War II. Negotiates strategy and peace plans.

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Neutrality Act of 1939

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Roosevelt responded to the European war by issuing a proclamation of neutrality. The Neutrality Act of 1939 lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.”

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Lend Lease Act

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Provided U.S. military aid to foreign and allied nations during World War II. Materials would be shipped to nations and to be payed back later. The transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, the Soviet Union and other countries

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Winston Churchill

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One of the best-known, and some say one of the greatest, statesmen of the 20th century, Leader of Great Britain. Made an alliance with Roosevelt and the US. US provided military materials to the British to help them win their war.

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Atlantic Charter

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The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Atlantic Charter provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims.

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Holocaust

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A mass murder of some 6 million European Jews by the German Nazi regime. Adolf thought the Jews were an inferior race an alien threat to German racial purity and community.

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Harry S. Truman

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After FDR's Death HST becomes president In the first six months of his term, he announced the Germans’ surrender, dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending World War II, and signed the charter ratifying the United Nations.

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Manhattan project

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The main assembly plant was built at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer was put in charge of putting the pieces of an atomic bomb, together at Los Alamos. Helping America end WWII. tested the atomic bomb in 1945.

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Yalta Conference

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The "Big Three" leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. They scheduled another meeting for April in San Francisco to create the United Nations.

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United Nations

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The UN is an international organization established that was developed to maintain peace and security. Achieving worldwide cooperation to solve international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems. Everyone could join except Japan and Germany.

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Geneva Convention

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Humane rules for POW's. The Geneva convention closely associated with the Red Cross program.

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Nuremberg Trials

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A series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. Defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, were trailed with "crimes against humanity".

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Iron Curtain

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Truman and Churchill believed that Stalin had aspirations toward world domination. Churchill gave the speech about the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. This boundary stuck around from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

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Truman Doctrine

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Truman says that America should aid Greece and Turkey. Congress response was to give $400 million in aid for Greece and Turkey. President Truman’s promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements became known as the Truman Doctrine.

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Marshall Plan

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$13 billion dollars gave to Western Europeans to build up their economy

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Berlin Airlift

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Stalin blockade West Berlin, causes no transportation of food and aid. US and Britain supplied West Berlin through a massive airlift. Provided food, fuel, medical supplies, clothing, toys everything the residents of West Berlin needed was flown to the city.

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N.A.T.O.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization provided military alliance to counter Soviet expansion. Twelve Western Europe and North American nation agreed to act together in the defense of Western Europe. All countries promised to defend one another if one is attacked, the principle of mutual military assistance is called collective security.

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Warsaw Pact

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In 1955, West Germany became a member of NATO. In response, the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed a rival military alliance, called the Warsaw Pact. Russian version of NATO, not voluntary (forcing you to be apart of Stalins

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