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9602937389National Socialist partyAlso known as the Nazi party led by Adolf Hitler in Germany0
9602937390Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)British prime minister during World War II responsible for British resistance to German air assault1
9602937392VichyFrench collaborationist government in France2
9602937391blitzkriegGerman term for lightning warfare3
9602937393Battle of BritainThe 1940 Nazi air offensive including saturation bombing of London and other British cities4
9602937394HolocaustHitler's genocide of European Jews5
9602937395Battle of the BulgeHitler's last-ditch effort to repel the invading Allied armies in the winter6
9602937396Pearl HarborAmerican naval base in Hawaii attack by Japanese on this facility in December7
9602937397Battle of the Coral SeaUnited States and Japanese forces fought to a standoff8
9602937398Midway Islanddecisive U.S. victory over powerful Japanese carrier force9
9602937399United Nations (UN)International organization formed in the aftermath of World War II10
9602937400Tehran Conferenceagreed to the opening of a new front in France (leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union)11
9602937401Yalta Conferenceagreed to Soviet entry into the Pacific war in return for possessions in Manchuria, organization of the United Nations (leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union)12
9602937402Potsdam ConferenceAllies agreed upon Soviet domination in eastern Europe (leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union)13
9602937403total warWarfare that vast resources and emotional commitments support military effort because of industrialization14
9602937404Atlantic Charter of 1941agreement between the United States and Britain right of all people to choose the form of government under which the live15
9602937405Quit India movementMass civil disobedience campaign - to end British control of India16
9602937406Muslim LeagueFounded in 1906 to better support demands of Muslim in Hindu-dominated India17
9602937407Jinnah, Muhammad Ali (1876-1948)Muslim nationalist leader in India became leader of Muslim League first president of Pakistan18
9602937408Convention People's Party (CPP)Political party opposed to British control of colonial legislature in Gold Coast19
9602937409Kentatta, Jono (1946-1978)Leader of the nonviolent nationalist party in Kenya - organized the Kenya Africa Union(KAU)20
9602937410Kenya African Union(KAU)nationalist party in Kenya -adopted nonviolent approach to ending British control21
9602937411Land and Freedom ArmyRadical organization for independence in Kenya - failure of nonviolent means - initiated campaign of terror22
9602937412National Liberation Front(FLN)Radical nationalist movement in Algeria - launched sustained guerilla war against France - success of attacks led to independence of Algeria23
9602937413Secret Army Organization (OAS)Organization of French settlers in Algeria - led guerrilla war following independence24
9602937414Afrikaner National Partyall-white South African legislature after 1948 advocated complete independence from Britain - apartheid25
9602937415apartheidPolicy of strict racial segregation imposed in South Africa - continued dominance of whites26
9602937416HaganahZionist military force engaged in violent resistance to British presence in Palestine27

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