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key concepts ww2 Flashcards

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National Socialism

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The ideas and politics of Hitler and his party.

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Racism

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Treating people unequally because of their background and race.

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Discrimination

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Treating someone unequally.

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Führer

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Adolf Hitler’s official title.

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Treaty of Versailles

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The peace treaty signed after WWI (June 1919) by the alliance and Germany.

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Genocide

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An intentional action to destroy a certain group of people.

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Occupation

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The time that the Netherlands was occupied by Germany (between 1940 and 1945).

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Totalitarianism

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Everything the people of a country think and do is controlled by the state.

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Indoctrination

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Influencing people to take on certain strong ideals.

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Spartacists

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The German communists that tried to seize power during a revolution (1918-1919).

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Stab in the back myth

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A (fake) myth that Germany lost WWI because of the new government and the left winged uprisings.

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Weimar Republic

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What Germany was called between 1919 and 1933. During this time Germany was a republic with a democratic constitution.

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Reparation payments

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The money that the Treaty of Versailles ordered Germany to pay to the allied forces.

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Inflation

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When money loses its worth.

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Dawesplan

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The United States’ plan to support the German economy by lending them money (1924.)

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Treaty of Locarno

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A treaty from 1925 between Germany, France and Belgium. In it Germany recognized the boundaries set in the Treaty of Versailles.

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Wall street crash 1929

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The collapse of the stock exchange market on Wall Street, New York in 1929.

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NSDAP

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Abbreviation of Hitler’s political party.

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Nationalistic

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Being fond of your own country.

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Authoritarian

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A powerful authority.
No democracy.

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National-Socialists, Nazi’s

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A name given to supporters of the NSDAP and Hitler.

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Propaganda

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Everything you do to try and gain followers.

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Chancellor of Germany

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Leader of the German government.

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Reichstag fire

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A fire in the Reichstag building in February of 1933.

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Enabling act

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A law made by the German government in 1933 that stated that the government could create laws without the parliament’s approval.

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Totalitarianism

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Everything the people of a country think and do is controlled by the state.

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Gleichschaltung

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The laws on how Germans had to live made by the Nazis.

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Nazification

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Adopting the ideas the Nazis spread.

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Concentration camp

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Camp that imprisoned those that opposed the Nazi’s.

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Reich chamber of culture

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An organisation that artists had to be a part of if they wanted to be able to work during WWII.

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Aryan race

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A white, specifically Germanic, race.

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Antisemitism

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Hating Jewish people.

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Nuremberg laws

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Anti-Jewish laws from 1935.

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Night of Broken Glass

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A night in which Jewish possessions were destroyed (1938).

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Conscription

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The compulsory enlistment of people in a military service.

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Heim ins Reich

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Wanting all Germans to belong to one big Germany.

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Lebensraum

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The Nazi’s idea that they were allowed to conquer Eastern Europe countries to make Germany stronger.

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Anschluss

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When Austria was added to Germany in March of 1938.

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Munich agreement

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A meeting between Britain and Germany that. During the meeting Britain decided that Germany would be given the Sudetenland so that war could be prevented. September 1938.

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Appeasement politics

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Britain’s policy to give in to Hitler’s demands so that they could prevent war.

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Neutral

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Being impartial, not picking one side or another.

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Accommodation

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To adjust. A big part of the people of the Netherlands tried to adjust to the situation they found themselves in during the occupation.

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Black market

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The illegal selling of products.

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NSB

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The Dutch National Socialist Movement.

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Collaboration

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Working together with the German occupiers.

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Resistance

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Not cooperating with the German occupiers.

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February strike

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A strike in February of 1941 in Amsterdam, against the anti-Jew actions the Germans were taking.

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‘Radio Oranje’

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Radio broadcasts from London. These broadcasts were used to give the people of the Netherlands courage.

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Deportation

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When someone is removed from his or her country.

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Razzia

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A massive, well organized, initiative to pick up as many people as possible.
Done by the Nazi’s

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Camp Westerbork

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Transit camp for Jews in Drenthe.

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Holocaust

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The murder of six million Jews during WWII.

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Attack on Pearl Harbour

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Japanese attack on the US naval base. After this attack, the US declared war on Japan and joined WWII.

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D-day

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The liberation of Western Europe started on D-day. Special ships were used to bring the allied forces to the beaches of Normandy in France.

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Mad Tuesday

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The people believed that they could be liberated any moment now.
Dutch.

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Battle of Arnhem

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A failed attempt by the allies to secure bridges over the Rhine in Arnhem in September of 1944.

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Liberation

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The end of the German occupation and the end of the Second World War in May of 1945.

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Molotov-Von Ribbentroppact

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A non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in August of 1939.

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Ideology

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A system of related ideas.

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Blitzkrieg

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A tactic used during WWII in which land forces were able to advance quickly thanks to airplanes and tanks.

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Operation Barbarossa

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The invasion of the German army in Russia in June 1941.

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Battle of Stalingrad

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A battle between the German army and the Soviet army that lasted for months. The Germans were defeated in January of 1943.

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Colony

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An area that has been taken over by another country.

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Axis powers

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An alliance between the three fascist countries, Germany, Italy and Japan.

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Dutch East Indies

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The name given to Indonesia when it became a Dutch colony.

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Internment camps

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Dutch People were not allowed to leave these camps.

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Jappenkampen

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The name Dutch people gave to the Japanese camps during WWII.

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Market Garden

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A failed operation. The Allies were supposed to conquer all of the Dutch rivers. But in September of 1944, the bridge over the Rhine was still under enemy command.

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Battle of the Bulge

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A failed German counter-attack. They tried to push the Allies back after D-day. December 1944 - January 1945.

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Battle of Midway

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A battle on the Pacific Ocean close to the island of Midway. The US defeated the Japanese in June of 1942.

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Atomic bomb

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A destructive bomb that was used in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 to end WWII.

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