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9640108209Adolf HitlerGerman Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)0
9640108210totalitarian statecountry where a single party controls the government and every aspect of the lives of the people1
9640108211Benito MussoliniItalian politician who led the National Fascist Party and created Fascism2
9640108212Squadristi"Armed fascists" who helped Mussolini and the League of Combat gain power3
9640108213NAZINational Socialist German Workers- Hitler's political party4
9640108214Storm TroopersHitler's private army5
9640108215Mein Kampf (My Struggle)Hitler wrote this book in prison/ told of his intentions to eradicate the Jews6
9640108216LebensraumHitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people7
9640108217Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews8
9640108218Kristallnacht"Night of Broken Glass," when Nazis attacked Jews throughout Germany9
9640108219AppeasementAccepting demands in order to avoid conflict10
9640108220Mukden IncidentJapanese blew up their own railroad in Manchuria; blamed it on China. Excuse to go to war with china11
9640108221Blitzkrieg"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 193912
9640108222Dunkirksite of British troops stranded in France, and their rescue by sea13
9640108223Vichy GovernmentGovt. of France after German occupation at the beginning of WWII.14
9640108224LuftwaffeGerman Air Force15
9640108225Operation BarbarossaHitler's plan to invade the Soviet Union16
9640108226Pearl HarborBase in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which eagered America to enter the war.17
9640108227Unconditional Surrendergiving up to an enemy without any demands or requests18
9640108228General Erwin RommelGerman commander in North Africa19
9640108229El AlameinWhere the British pushed Germany west to stay away from the Suez Canal20
9640108230Battle at StalingradSoviet victory; turning point of WWII in Eastern Europe21
9640108231D-Day (Battle of Normandy)June 6 1944. Allied troops execute a surprise attack on the beaches of Normandy, France.22
9640108232Midway BattlePacific battle that was seen as the turning point in the Pacific campaign23
9640108233General Dwight D. EisenhowerGeneral who led Operation "Overlord" to victory in WWII and eventually became president in 1953.24
9640108234Battle of KurskGerman forces are soundly defeated by the Soviets, greatest tank battle of WWII25
9640108235VE DayVictory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, the day the Allies won WWII in Europe26
9640108236Hiroshima and NagasakiTruman ordered the dropping of the Atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender27
9640108237VJ DayAugust 15, 1945 - the Victory in Japan Day when the Japanese surrendered28
9640108238Final SolutionHitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people29
9640108239EinsatzgruppenNazi strike forces that killed innocent Jews with their infamous "death squads"30
9640108240KamikazeJapanese suicide pilots31
9640108241DecolonizationThe process by which former colonies gain their independence from the mother country32
9640108242Cold Warthe power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II33
9640108243Teheran ConferenceMeeting in 1943; Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill; confirmed their defense to crush Hitler.34
9640108244Yalta Conference1945 strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin35
9640108245Potsdam ConferenceThe third meeting of the Big Three nations. The Soviet Union was represented by Joseph Stalin, Britain by Winston Churchill, and the United States by President Harry S. Truman.36

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