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| 330808701 | National Socialist Party (Nazi) | founded by Hitler in the period of the Great Depression in Germany | 0 | |
| 330808702 | Blitzkrieg | German lightning warfare. Characterized by highly mobility and concentrated forces at point of attack. | 1 | |
| 330808703 | Vichy | French collaborationist government established in 1940 in southern France following defeat of French armies by the Germans. | 2 | |
| 330808704 | Winston Churchill | Soldier, politician and finally prime minister, one of Britain's greatest 20th-century heroes. He is particularly remembered for his indomitable spirit while leading Great Britain to victory in World War II. | 3 | |
| 330808705 | Battle of Britain | an aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. | 4 | |
| 330808706 | Siege of Stalingrad | Turning point in Germany's assault on Soviet Union in 1942; despite massive losses, Russians successfully defended the city; over one-third of German army surrendered. | 5 | |
| 330808707 | Holocaust | A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled. | 6 | |
| 330808708 | Battle of the Bulge | This was Germany's last attempt at success against the Allies during WWII. This was an epic failure and basically served as a way to waste men, supplies, and fuel. The Germans went through Belgium (which was a bad idea because Belgium was a neutral country, and it caused more tension and hostility) to get to the Western Front for this historic offensive battle. | 7 | |
| 330808709 | Pearl Harbor | United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. | 8 | |
| 330808710 | Battle of Coral Sea | Fought on May 7-8 1942; Caused heavy losses on both sides; Japanese won a tactical victory because they sank US carrier Lexington; Americans claimed a strategic victory by stopping Japan's drive towards Australia | 9 | |
| 330808711 | Battle of Midway | U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II. | 10 | |
| 330808712 | Hiroshima | City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II | 11 | |
| 330808713 | Nagasaki | Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Aug 8th, 1945. | 12 | |
| 330808714 | United Nations | International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations. | 13 | |
| 330808715 | Teheran Conference (1944) | meeting between the leaders of the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union; decided to open a new front against Germany in France | 14 | |
| 330808716 | Yalta Conference (1945) | meeting of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Winston Churchill to discuss postwar plans and Soviet entry into the war against Japan near the end of World War II; disagreements over the future of Poland surfaced. During the Red Scare of the 1950s, some Americans considered the meeting to have been a sellout to the Soviets. | 15 | |
| 330808717 | Potsdam Conference (1945) | Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction. | 16 | |
| 330808718 | Atlantic Charter | 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war | 17 | |
| 330808719 | Quit India movement | Mass civil disobedience campaign that began in the summer of 1942 to end British control of India | 18 | |
| 330808720 | Muslim League | an organization formed in 1906 to protect the interests of India's Muslims, which later proposed that India be divided into separate Muslim and Hindu nations | 19 | |
| 330808721 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training, he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on, he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights (816) | 20 | |
| 330808722 | Kwame Nkrumah | Leader of nonviolent protests for freedom on the Gold Coast. When independence was gained, he became the first prime minister of Ghana. He develpoped economic projects, but was criticized for spending too much time on Pan-African efforts, and neglecting his own countries' issues | 21 | |
| 330808723 | Land Freedom Army | Radical organization for independence in Kenya; frustrated by failure of nonviolent means, initiated campaign of terror in 1952; referred to by British as the Mau Mau. | 22 | |
| 330808724 | Jomo Kenyatta | Kenyan Nationalist who used strong leadership to help gain Kenya's independence, and became the first president; presented Kikuyu grievances to the British government in London. | 23 | |
| 330808725 | National Liberation Front | Radical nationalist movement in Algeria; launched sustained guerilla war against France in the 1950s; success of attacks led to independence of Algeria in 1958. | 24 | |
| 330808726 | Secret Army Organization | Algerian settler group opposed to independence from France | 25 | |
| 330808727 | Afrikaner National Party | Emerged as the majority party in the all-white South African legislature after 1948; advocated complete independence from Britain; favored a rigid system of racial segregation called apartheid. | 26 | |
| 330808728 | Haganah | Zionist military force that spearheaded Jewish resistance to the British presence in Palestine. | 27 |
