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4229387096National Soviet (Nazi) PartyFounded by Adolf Hitler in the period of the Great Depression in Germany.0
4229398695Winston ChurchillBritish prime minister during World War ll; exemplified British determination to resist Germany.1
4229407131BlitzkriegGerman term meaning lightning warfare; involved rapid movement of troops and tanks.2
4229421170VichyCollaborationist French Government established at Vichy in 1940 following defeat by Germany.3
4229436709Battle of BritainBritish defeat of the Nazi air offensive.4
4229447207HolocaustGermany's attempted extermination of European Jews and others; 12 million, including 6 million Jews,died.5
4229463738Battle of the BulgeFailed Nazi effort in 1943-1945 to repel invading allied armies.6
4229482223Pearl HarborAmerican naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan in December 1941; caused American entry into World War ll.7
4229496488Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway IslandUnited States air Naval victories over the Japanese homeland.8
4229506620United NationsGlobal organization, founded by the Allies following World War ll.9
4229518624Teheran Conference (1944)meeting between the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the soviet Union; decided to open a new front against Germany in France; gave the Russians a free hand in eastern Europe.10
4229570054Yalta Conference (1945)agreed-upon Soviet entry into the war against Japan, organization of the United Nations; left eastern Europe to the soviet union.11
4229594632Potsdam Conference (1945)meeting between the leaders of the United States, Bitain, and the Soviet Union in 1945; the allies accepted Soviet control of eastern Europe; Germany and Austria were divided among the victors.12
4229641847Total WarWare fare of the 20th century; vast resources and emotional commitments of belligerent nations were marshaled to support military effort reflecting technological innovation and organizational capacity.13
4229701304Atlantic Charter1941 pact between the United States and Britain; gave Britain a strong ally; in return the document contained a clause recognizing the right of all people to select their own government.14
4229734704Quit India movementmass civil disobedience campaign against the British rulers of India in 1942.15
4229747032Muslim LeagueIndian organization that emerged at the end of World War ll; backed Britain in the war.16
4229763215Muhammad Ali JinnahMuslim Indian nationalist; leader of the Muslim League; worked for a separate Muslim state; first president of Pakistan.17
4229775433Convention Peoples Party (CCP)political party established by Kwame Nkrumah in opposition to British control of colonial legislature in Gold Coast.18
4229785479Jomo Kenyattaleader of Kenyan African Union, a nationalist party; became first president of independence Kenya in 1962.19
4229809459Kenya African Union (KAU)leading nationalist party in Kenya; adopted nonviolent approach to ending British control in the 1950's.20
4229819926Land Freedom ArmyKenyan underground group, led by radicals from the Kenyan African Union; engage in terrorist acts against British and other opponents.21
4229851041National Liberation Front (FLN)Algerian nationalist movement that launched a guerrilla war during the 1950's; gained independence for Algeria in 1962.22
4229872742Secret Army Organization (OAS)Algerian settler group opposed to independence from France; gained strength in France.23
4229886801Afrikaner National Partybecame the majority in the all-white South Africa legislature in 1948; worked to form that rigid system of racial segregation called apartheid.24
4229899978ApartheidPolicy of strict racial segregation imposed in South Africa to permit the continued dominance of whites politically and economically.25

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