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367359934AnschlussGermany invading Austria0
367359935LuftewaffeGerman Air force1
367359936Blitzkreig"Lightning War" Get in, hit em hard, and get out2
367359937London BlitzThe German bombing of London3
367359938LebensraumHitler's policy of countries needing more space: AKA invade Poland and Czechoslovakia because the you (the Germans) "need" more living space4
367359939Iron CurtainSymbolized the division of the West and communist USSR. Churchill made the term5
367359940Communist BlocAll of the Communist countries (mostly included in the Warsaw Pact).6
367359941GlasnostOpenness in Russian government. Introduced by Gorbachev7
367359942PerestroikaSimilar to the "Glasnost" (openness) policy except it literally meant "restructuring" of the the Soviet political and economic policy.8
367359943StagflationIntense inflation along with very low unemployment9
367359944GenocideThe mass-murder of a race10
367359945Ethnic CleansingThe murder of a certain group or race because they are thought to be undesirable or inferior.11
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