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6531527016"Big Lie"the phrase given for any lie, if stated with authority and repeated and guarded from critical analysis will be accepted by most people0
6531527017Adolph Hitlergerman leader of Nazi Party. 1933-1945. rose to power by promoting racist and national views1
6531527018Allied PowersAlliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.2
6531527019AnschlussThe union of Austria with Germany, resulting from the occupation of Austria by the German army in 1938.3
6531527020Axis PowersAlliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.4
6531527021Benito MussoliniFascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power.5
6531527022Blitzkrieg"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 19396
6531527023D-DayAllied invasion of Normandy7
6531527024FascismA political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler.8
6531527025General EisenhowerThis American general led the North African Campaign or D-Day9
6531527026General Fransisco FrancoSpanish fascist general who revolted and overthrew the spanish government10
6531527027GenocideDeliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group11
6531527028GestapoGerman secret police under control of Heinrich Himmler12
6531527029Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945)13
6531527030HolocaustA large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering14
6531527031Manhattan ProjectA secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.15
6531527032Marshall PlanA plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.16
6531527033Mein Kampf"My Struggle"-a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany17
6531527034Nationalist Social PartyNazi Party18
6531527035Nuremberg LawsA group of laws that robbed German Jews of their citizenship in 193519
6531527036Pearl HarborDecember 7, 1941- Japanese airplanes attacked in Hawaii and destroyed much of the American Pacific fleet and killed over 2000 armed personnel and civilians20
6531527037Potsdam Conferencegave soviets control of eastern poland, made final arrangements for division of germany and also divided austria21
6531527038President Trumanordered air force to use atomic bomb after japan belittled allied demand22
6531527039RhinelandA region in Germany designated a demilitarized zone by the Treaty of Versailles; Hitler violated the treaty and sent German troops there in 193623
6531527040Tehran Conferenceallied powers decided to focus on liberation of france, allowing soviet union to gain ground in eastern europe24
6531527041TotalitarianismA political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens.25
6531527042United NationsAn international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace26
6531527043Weimar RepublicGerman republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.27
6531527044Yalta Conferencesoviet union agreed to join war against japan in exchange for territory in Marchuia and northern island of japan28

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