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6847640161Weimar RepublicGerman government after WWI0
6847640892Nazi PartyNational Socialist German Worker's Party1
6847641505Adolf HitlerLeader of the Nazi Party2
6847641506Beer Hall PutchHitler's first attempt to gain national power3
6847642723Mein Kampf"My Struggle" Book Hitler wrote that outlined the Holocaust4
6847645670Fuhrer"Leader" Hitler's title5
6847647021SSMilitary of the Nazi Party6
6847650280Night of the Long KnivesHitler had the Nazi Party purged of all opposition7
6847651140Rudolf HessDeputy Fuhrer8
6847651141Josef GoebbelsMinister of propaganda9
6847651621Heinrich HimmlerLeader of the SS10
6847652512Reinhard HeydrichOrganizer of the "Final Solution"11
6847653511Adolf EichmannCoordinator of the "Final Solution"12
6847656569Albert SpeerMinister of armaments13
6847657523Hermann GoeringHead of the Luftwaffe (Air Force)14
6847658505Karl DoenitzHead of the Navy and the final Fuhrer15
6847659854Wilhelm KeitelHead of the Wehrmacht (Army)16
6847662131Nuremberg Race LawsDeprived the Jews of all rights17
6847665992Night of the Broken GlassNight of organized violence against the Jews18
6847666598Axis PowersGermany, Italy, and Japan during WWII19
6847671138Munich PactFrance and Britain appeased Hitler20
6847671707WehrmachtRegular German armed forces21
6847672482BlitzkriegLightening war22
6847676810Vichy FranceFrench government that was loyal to Hitler23
6847676819Charles de GaulLeader of Free France24
6847677384Final SolutionThe Holocaust, Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews25
6847678411Battle of StalingradOne of the turning points of the war. The German defeat ended their eastward advance26
6847682444RommelGerman general who led the African campaign, known as the "Desert Fox"27
6847682949MontgomeryLeader of the British forces28
6847683936Battle of El AlameinThe turning point of the War in Africa where the Allies stopped the German advance29
6847687509PattonLeader of the U.S. armor divisions during the African and European campaigns30
6847689090Battle of Kasserine PassGermany's last attempt to defeat the allies in Northern Africa31
6847690363D dayJune 6, 1944, it was the allied invasion of Europe. It was the largest amphibious invasion ever.32
6847845522Battle of the BulgeLast German offensive33
6847847048Yalta ConferenceRoosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet to decide what to do with Europe after the war.34
6847856053Nuremberg War Crime TrialsWhere the Nazi leaders were punished35
6847857565Russo Japanese warThe first time an Asian nation defeated a western power36
6847859810HirohitoEmperor of Japan37
6847859811TojoPremier of Japan during WWII38
6847867746YamamotoLeader of the Japanese navy39
6847871695Pearl HarborU.S. Naval Base, bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941, bringing the U.S. into WWII40
6847876990NimitzCommander of the U.S. Pacific fleet41
6848779275Bull HalseyRight hand man to Nimitz in the Pacific42
6848779757MacArthurLeader of the U.S. military forces in the Pacific43
6848780126Battle of the Coral SeaThe first naval battle where the ships never saw each other44
6848781746Battle of MidwayThe turning point of the war in the Pacific45
6848782245Island HoppingU.S. plan of taking Japanese held islands one at a time46
6848783217Battle of GuadalcanalFirst major invasion of Japanese held island47
6848784041Marianas Turkey Shoot402 Japanese planes were shot down48
6848789961Battle of Leyte GulfLast ship on ship naval battle ever fought. The first time that Japan used the Kamikaze49
6848792674Iwo JimaOne of the bloodiest island invasions of the war. Allowed the U.S. to bomb mainland Japan50
6848793305OkinawaLast great U.S. campaign of World War II. Losses were so great, that the U.S. chose to drop the atomic bomb51
6848795129HiroshimaThe city that the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on52
6848796329Crimean WarRussia attacked the Ottoman Empire. France and Britain joined on the Ottoman side and helped defeat the Russians. Showed the need for reforms in Russia53
6848844058Trans Siberian RailroadConnected European Russia with the Pacific54
6848844601Meiji RestorationHistory in 1868 when the last shogun was overthrown and the emperor assumed control over the nation55
6848864830Russo Japanese WarFirst time an Asian nation defeated a western power56
6848866711Battle of Tsushima StraitNaval battle between the Russian and Japanese Navy. Decisive Japanese victory, ending the Russo-Japanese War57
6848875123Revolution of 1905Demonstrations and fighting throughout Russia after the Russo-Japanese War58
6848884741DumaRussian assembly created after the Revolution of 1905, stripped of power during the reign of Nicholas II59
6848885584Otto Von BismarckGerman statesman whose leadership led to the unification of Germany60
6848889339ImperialismCreation of Empires61
6848889866H.M.S. DreadnoughtThe battleship that revolutionized naval power. Her entry into service marked the advance in naval technology62
6848891863MilitarismIncreased attention and influence placed in the militaries63
6848894862NationalismCountries were pursuing policies that would benefit themselves64
6848896056Triple AllianceGermany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary before 191465
6848896945Triple EntenteBritain, France, and Russia before 191466
6848898004Black HandBosnian Nationalist Group67
6848898472PrincipAssassinated Archduke Ferdinand68
6848898970Archduke FerdinandHeir whose assassination triggered WWI69
6848899390Central PowersGermany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during WWI70
6848901146Allied PowersBritain, France, Russia, and eventually the U.S. during WWI71
6848901712War of AttritionWearing-down manner of warfare72
6848905754Battle of GallipoliAustrian soldiers were decimated by Turks and German soldiers73
6848906322Battle of JutlandSea battle between Germany and Britain; German sea prowess was limited after this74
6848910533LusitaniaLuxury liner sunk by a German submarine, one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I75
6848912179Zimmerman NoteSecret telegram sent by Germany to Mexico, which helped to draw the U.S. into World War I76
6848915305Czar Nicholas IIRuler of Russia overthrown during the Russian Revolution77
6848919406RasputinA Russian monk and advisor to the Czar's wife, he helped to destroy the royal family78
6848920383BolsheviksBecame the Communist Party79
6848920384V.I. LeninLed the Bolsheiviks80
6848921463Red ArmyAnother name for the Bolshevik forces81
6848921843White RussiansForces that opposed the Bolsheviks82
6848922791Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsWhat the Communists renamed Russia83
6848923615Treaty of VersaillesTreaty that ended WWI84
6848923616League of NationsOrganization formed after World War I to maintain peace85
6893441441Cold WarA conflict between the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union and Democratic nations led by the United States from 1945 until 1991.86
6893446399Truman DoctrinePledged to support people resisting Communism.87
6893450336Marshall PlanA plan would help rebuild free economies of Europe.88
6893451874Containment policyThe U.S. policy to peacefully block Communism89
6893455304NATOThe United States and its allies formed an organization to protect the West against Communism.90
6893461041Warsaw PactThe Soviet Union and its allies as an answer to N.A.T.O.91
6893464198Berlin WallWall erected across Berlin by East Germany in 1961 and dismantled in 198992
6893468856Sun Yat-SenChinese statesman; first president of the Republic of China93
6893476624KuomintangPolitical party founded by Sun Yat-sen in dominant China under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek. The official ruling party of Taiwan.94
6893484228Mao ZedongFounder of the Chinese Communist Party. Proclaimed the People's Republic of China95
6893486993Chiang Kai-shekPolitical figure who led the Nationalists, after the death of Sun Yat-Sen against the Communist forces was driven to Taiwan96
6893493302The Long MarchThe journey undertaken by some 100,000 Chinese Communists. They made their way to Northwest China; only about 8,000 survived97
6893502593Korean WarThe conflict between North Korea, aided by China, and South Korea, aided by U.S. troops.98
6893508534Vietnam ConflictConflict fought between Communist and non-Communist forces for control of South Vietnam99
6893510865Ho Chi MinhThe leader of the Communist-nationalist group known as the Viet Minh100
6893524473DienbienphuThe Viet Minh trapped the French army. They withdrew from Vietnam101
6893543113Viet CongUnderground Communist army in South Vietnam102
6893545129Ho Chi Minh TrailRoutes that Communist North Vietnamese used to reach the South103
6893547172Tet OffensiveCommunist offensive: the Communist hit major targets all over South Vietnam; changed public opinion in the U.S.104
6893555860Fidel CastroCuban leader who established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba105
6893562625Bay of Pigs InvasionAn unsuccessful action to invade southern Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro106
6893567897Cuban Missile CrisisStandoff between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. over missiles in Cuba107
6893571340SputnikThe satellite launched by the Soviets that carried the Cold War into space108
6893576502GlasnostPolicy in the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities.109
6893579743PerestroikaProgram of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union110

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