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Exam #1 Flashcards

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A German grand admiral and Secretary of State of the Herman imperial naval office

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Alfred Von Tirpitz

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A secret criminal terrorist society in New York during the early 20th century

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Black hand

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German field matcha and strategist who serves as chief of the imperial German general staff

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Alfred Von Schleiffen

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Ended the state war between Germany and the allied powers

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Treaty of Versailles

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Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National fascist party. He also ruled Italy as prime minister

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Benito Mussolini

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Also known as the Berlin Putsch - was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Tripartite pact

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Also knows as the Munich Putsch - was a failed coup (illegal seizure of power) attempt by the Nazi party leader Hitler

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Beer Hall Putsch

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1925 autobiography by Nazi party leader Hitler. Describes the process by which he became antisemitic and outlines his future plan for Germany

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Mein Kampf

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A territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, especially associated with Nazi Germany

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Lebensraum

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The annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 12, 1938

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Anschluss

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Intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory

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Blitzkrieg

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A war or a phase of war in which there is little or no active ware fare

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Sitzkrieg

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An agreement permitting Nazi germanys annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia

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Munich agreement

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An Austrian politician, racial theorist and occultist who was a pioneer of Ariosophy. He was also a former monk and the founder of the magazine Ostara

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Lanz Von Liebenfels

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A German journalist, playwright, poet, and politician who was one of the founders of the Deutsche arbeiterpartei which evolved into the Nazi years of the Nazi party and was a participant in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch

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Dietrich Eckart

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A German noblemen, general staff officer and politician. He serves as chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as vice chancellor under Hitler in 1933-1934

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Franz Von Papen

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Commanded the German military during the second half of WW1 before later being elected president of the Weimar Republic in 1925

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Paul Von Hindenburg

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Legislation was shared here between the reichstag and the bundesrat which was the imperial council of the reigning princes of the German states

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Reichstag

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German politician and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi party that ruled Germany from 1933-1945. He was also the recipient of the Pour Le Mérite

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Hermann Goring

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Reich minister of propaganda of Nazi germany

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Joseph Paul Gobbels

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Leading member of the Nazi party of Germany and was most directly responsible for the Holocaust

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Heinrich Himmler

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Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reign from Dec. 25 1926 until his death

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Hirohito

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Japanese term for “overthrowing” or “the lower rules the higher”

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Gekokujo

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Organization established in the Empire of Japan as part of the controls on civilian organizations under the national mobilization law by prime minister Fumimaro Konoe

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National spiritual mobilization central league

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Imperial concept created and promulgated for occupied Asian populations from 1930 to 1945 by the empire of Japan. The front for the Japanese to control of problematical countries during WW2

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Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

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Fortress located between Liége and Maastricht on the Belgian, Dutch boarder near the Albert Canal. Designed to defend Belgium from German attack across the narrow belt of Dutch territory in the region

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Eben Emael

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A line concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around fortifications

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Maginot Line

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Lawyer prominent in the interwar period. Noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. He became the prime minister of the Third Republican

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Paul Reynaud

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French general and statesman who led the French resistance against Nazi Germany in WW2 and chaired the provisional government of the French Republic in order to reestablish democracy in France

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Charles DeGaulle

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Served as the military leader of the whites and the Finnish civil war, regent of Finland, commander-in-chief of Finland’s defense forces during WW2

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Caul Von Mannerheim

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Norwegian military officer and politician who nominally headed the government of Norway during the occupation of the country by Nazi Germany during WW2

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Vidkun Quisling

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Major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in Nazi Germany. It began with a small guard unit known as the Saalschutz made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for party meetings

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Schutzstaffelin

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Statute empowering a person or body to take a certain action especially to make regulations, rules, and orders

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Enabling act

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Nazi’s code name foe the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in WW2

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Operation sea lion

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Dunkirk evacuation. Code name also known as the miracle of Dunkirk. Evacuation of allied soldiers during WW2 from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk.

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Operation dynamo

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Officer in the Royal Air Force. Served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer.

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Hugh Dowding

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British pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology

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Robert Watson Watts

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Prime minister of the United Kingdom. Led Britain to victory in WW2

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Winston Churchill

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British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other allied countries

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Spitfire

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German dive bomber and ground attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann first flown in 1935

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Stuka

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