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Axis Powers
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side made up of Germany, Japan, Italy and the soviet union
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Allies
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the alliance of Britain, France and the Soviet Union (1941) in world war 2, Joined by the Unites States after the Japenese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
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Lebensraum
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Nazi Germany's idea that additional territory was necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade
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appeasement
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giving in to aggressive demands in order to avoide war
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Nazi-soviet non-aggression pact
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an agreement between nations to not attack one another
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Blitzkrieg
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a German word meaning "lightning war" a fast forceful style of fighting used by German in world war 2
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Winston Churchill
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British prime minister, he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War 2
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battle of Britain (1940 )
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three month air battle between Germany and Great Britain fought over Great Britain during World war 2; Britain's victory forestalled a German invasion
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Isolationism
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staying out of the affairs and wars of other nations't the position initially held by the United States at the beginning of World War 2
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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General' thirty-fourth president of the united states; as supreme allied commander in Europe during World War 2, He led the allied invasions of North Africa and France ( D day )
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Battle of Stalingrad (1942 )
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World war 2 battle between invading German forces and Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad, a city on the volga River; each side sustained hundreds of thousands of casualties ; Germany's defeat marked turning point of war
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Bataan Death March (1942 )
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a forced march of America and Fliipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in World War 2
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Battle of Midway (1942 )
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World War 2 naval battle fought in the pacific; the Americans broke the Japanese code and knew the date and location of the attack;setting the stage for a major American victory
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Battle of Guadalcanal (1942-43 )
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World war 2 battle in the pacific; it represented the first allied counter attack against Japanese forces; allied victory forced Japanese forces to abandon the island
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Kamilkazes
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in world war 2 Japanese pilots who loaded their aircraft's with bombs and crashed into enemy ships
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final solution
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the Nazi party's plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union
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Ghetto
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and area where minority groups live
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concentration camps
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detention sites created for military or political puposes to confine, terrorize and in some cases kill civilians
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holocaust
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the killing of millions of jews and other by the Nazis during world war 2
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D day
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jJune 6th 1944; the first day of the allied invasions of Normandy in world war 2
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Ve Day 1945
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May 8th 1945 a term used by the allies for victory in Europe during world war 2
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Vj Day (1945 )
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August 15, 1945 a term used by the allies, it stands for Victory over Japan during world war 2
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Bttle of Iwo Jima 1945
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world war 2 battle between Japanese forces invading U.S. Troops
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Battle of Okinawa 1945
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world war 2 victory for the allied troops that resulted in the deaths of almost all of the 100,000 Japanese defenders the battle claimed 12,000 American lives
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Hiroshima
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a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding world war 2 but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium
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Nagasaki
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the second populated area to be devastated by an atomic bomb on august 9th 1945
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Yalta confrenc
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February 1945 a meeting between Franklin Roosevelt, winston churchill and Joseph Statlin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after world war 2
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United Nations
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international organization formed in 1945 to maintain world peace and encourage cooperation among nations
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Postdam confrence
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a meeting of allied leaders in the German city of postdam to address issues about the post world war 2 Europe
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Harry S true-man
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thirty third president of the united states; he became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. he led the united states through the end of World war 2 and the beginning of the cold War
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Emperor Hirohito
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Emperor of Japan from 1926-89 he led Japan during world war 2 and was forced into unconditional surrender following the atomic bomb attacks on hiroshima and nagasaki
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Adolf Hitler
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totalitarian dictator of Germany; his invasions of european countries led to world war 2. he espoused notions of racial superiority and was responsible for the mas murder of millions of Jews and others in the holocaust
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nuremburg Laws
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Nazi laws that eliminated citizenship and many civil and property rights for Jews
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Maginot
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line a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding world war 2 but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through belgium
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Erwin Rommel
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German general during world war 2; he commanded Afrika korps and was nicknamed the desert fox for his leadership
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SS
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the secret German Police Force. swore an oath of loyalty to hitler rather than the state of Germany the SS was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis during world war 2
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Islan hopping
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was a military strategy employed by the allies in the pacific war against Japan and the Axis powers during world war 2
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London Blitz
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was sustained bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany that began in 1940
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