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when was ww2

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1939-1945

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1933

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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of germany
implementing antisemetic policies

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1935

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Nuremberg laws enacted,stipping jews of citizenship and basic rights

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1938

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Kristallnacht(night of broken glass) sees coordinated attacks on jewish businesses synagogues and homes

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1939

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gremany invades poland starting ww2
creation of ghettos in Poland to segregate Jews from the general population

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1940

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continued ghettoization in occupied territories
first deportations of jews from Germany ,Austria to Poland
establishment of first concentration camps(E.g Auschwitz)initially for political prisoners

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1941

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-Germany invades the Soviet Union(Operation Barbarossa)
-Einsatzgruppen(Mobile Killing units)begin mass shooting of Jews in the occupied Soviet territories
-Construction of extermination camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau

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1942

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-Wannsee Conference in Jan formalises the plan for the Final Solution,aiming to exterminate all jews in Europe
-Mass deportations of Jews to extermination camps from Ghettos
-introduction of gas chambers

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1943

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-intensification of deportations + killings in extermination camps
-jewish resistance-e.g warsaw ghetto uprising april brutally supressed
-revolts in extermination camps as prisoners fight back against their oppressors

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1944

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deportations from Hungary leading to death of 100+1,000s Hungarian Jews
-increase pace of Final solution as allies advance closer(-death marches +mass executions)

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1945

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allied forces begin liberating extermination + concentration camps
-discovery of full extent to holocaust everyone
-survivors freed though they poor health+have to rebuild lives
Nuremburg trial held to prosecute leading Nazis for war crimes+crimes against humanity

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Antisemitism

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prejudice ,hatred or discrimination against Jews

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Genocide

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deliberate killing of large No. ppl from particular nation or ethnic group with the aim to destroy that group

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Ghettoization

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process of confining group of ppl to segregated area with poor living conditions

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Einsatzgruppen

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mobile killing units responsible for mass shootings,particularly Soviet Union

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Extermination camps

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Camps specifically designed for mass murder,primarily using gas chambers

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Wannsee Conference

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meeting held in January 1942 where Nazi officials formalized plans for the final solution

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final solution

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nazi plan for the extermination of the Jewish ppl

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Deportations

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forced removal of ppl from their homes to another location,often to camps or ghettos

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Nuremburg Trials

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Post ww2 military tribunals held to prosecute the major war criminals of Nazi regime

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Death marches

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Forced marches of prisoners over long distances under brutal conditions often resulting in many deaths

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Zionism

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Jewish nationalist movement that sough to create+ support jewish state in Palestine

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Balfour decleration

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1917
3 agreements
France,Jews,Arabs

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British mandate

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1923 league nations granted Britian mandate over Palestine

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Arab revolts

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1937-39
jews accepted partition
Palestinian Arabs(PA) rejected
PA increased violent attacks against B
B used harsh tactics
250 B ,300 J + 5,000PA

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what did british decide in 1939

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Palestine 1 country
strict limits on J immigration only if A agreed

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Arab Israeli war

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1948
-Tension growing since 1947
15th may 1948 B control ended fighting broke out

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Arab Israeli war Allies

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Egypt
Transjordan
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen

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Territory gained in Arab Israeli war

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Jerusalem
south ,North + East west bank

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Six-day war

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1967
border fighting + raids
Syria attempt divert water
Egypt + S willing to gamble on war

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why’d war break out in 1967

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I didnt ant to wait to be attcked so attacked first
jun 5th raids destroying air forces

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Land I gained in 1967

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Gaza Strip ,Sinai desert ,Golan heights ,West bank and east Jerusalem

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Yom Kippur war

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6th Oct 1973
Israeli soldier home for holidays
E+S attacked gaining land
I had American help
E agreed to cease fire S feeling betrayed

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Diplomacy

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managing of relationship between countries with aim achieving + maintaining peace

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mediator

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person who tries to help 2 sides reach solution for argument

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Camp David Accords

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1979
peace treaty
E only country with peace agreement A’s removed as allie

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Infitada

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conflict between I and P normally not including other countries

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PLO

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Palestinian Liberation Organisation
routine guerrilla attacks in N.I
I invaded Lebanon 1982
forcing PLO out L

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1987

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Riots in Gaza strip spreading to W.Bank
1993 ended

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Settlements

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communities for J ppl built on occupied P land. E.g W. Bank(ILLEGAL)

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Oslo Accords

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1993
followed with peace treaty from Jordan
P accused I not withdrawing from Gaza
building of settlements began again
P violence against I increased

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Disengage from Gaza

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Aug 2005
Unilateral
ensure own security+improve conditions on the ground
officially left Gaza on Sep 12th

43
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who took control of Gaza after I left

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Hamas
terrorist attacks on I

44
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West bank Barrier

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2002
barrier built
encroached into Palestinian land
cross military checkpoints
breaking international laws

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2021

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I continued to expand its control by building or expanding settlements
I judges deciding to evict P familie to make space for I
protests-throwing stones I stun grenades ,rubber billets +water canons

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