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Vocab Flashcards

1
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Big Four

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France, GB, Italy, US

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Versailles

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Allies treat Germany as principal instigator of conflict

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3
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Article 231

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Forced Germany to accept full culpability for WWI

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4
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Kaiser

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German Emperor

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5
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Acerbo Law

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25% votes = 66% seats

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Fascism

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Right-wing ideology, militant nationalism

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Stalinism

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Socialism in one country

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Five-Year Plans

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Russian roadmaps designed to industrialize cities

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Gulag

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Labor camps

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10
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Collectivization

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Small farms consolidated into state-run farms

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11
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NDSAP

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National Socialist German Workers Party

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12
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Aryan

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Supreme race

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13
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Nazism

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Rebuild germany

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14
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Lebensraum

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Living Space

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15
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Reichstag

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German Parliament Building

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16
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Enabling Act

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Suspended Weimar constitution for 4 years

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17
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Militarism

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Militarized government

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18
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Mukden Incident

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Japanese blew up own railroad as excuse to invade Manchuria

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19
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Manchukuo

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Japanese independent country in Manchuria

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20
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Anti-Comintern Pact

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Anti-communism treaty

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21
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Polish Corridor

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20-mile land giving Poland access to Baltic Sea

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22
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

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Germany and Soviet Union peace treaty

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23
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Blitzkrieg

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Lightning war

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24
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Isolationist Movement

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American interests best served by focusing on Western hemisphere

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25
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Neutrality Acts

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Prevent America from being involved in future wars

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26
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Ardennes Forest

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Area of attack on French

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27
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Free France

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Southern France under Charles de Gaulle

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RAF

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Royal Air Force

29
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Operation Barbarossa

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Military invasion of Soviet Union

30
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Lend-Lease

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America lends Soviet Union trucks and jeeps

31
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Destroyers for Bases

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WWI destroyers in exchange for bases, GB to US

32
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Atlantic Charter

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8 points, self determination, free trade, international cooperation

33
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Holocaust

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Sacrifice by Fire

34
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Eugenics Movement

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Selective breeding, forced sterilization

35
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Nuremberg Laws

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Revoked German citizenship from Jews

36
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Kristallnacht

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The Night of Broken Glass

37
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Einsatzgruppen

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Mobile Killing Units

38
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DP

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Displaced Person

39
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Operation Uranus

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Feed enough troops into Stalingrad to gain foothold

40
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Operation Citadel

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Invasion of Soviet City of Kursk

41
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Operation Husky

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Invasion of Sicily

42
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Operation Overlord

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Normandy

43
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Operation Market-Garden

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Commanded 21st army into Lower Rhine

44
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Battle of Bulge

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Largest battle in Western Front of Europe during WWII

45
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Bastogne

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Where Germans and Americans fought to take control of the town

46
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Yalta Conference

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Final offensive against Germany, future against Japan

47
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KMT

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Kuomintang, Chinese Nationalists

48
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CCP

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Chinese Communist Party

49
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident

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Sparked fighting between Japanese and Chinese

50
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Tripartite Pact

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Germany, Italy, Japan

51
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B-17

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Flying Fortress

52
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Malay Peninsula

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Gibraltar in the Far East

53
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Death March

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Captives led on forced marches

54
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Executive Order 9066

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Japanese Americans evacuate West Coast

55
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Potsdam Conference

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Last of Big 3 meetings, unconditional surrender from Japan

56
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Manhattan Project

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Harness energy released from nuclear fission

57
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Enola Gay

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Carried nuclear weapon

58
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Fat Man

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Nuclear weapon dropped on Nagasaki

59
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IMT

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International Military Tribunal

60
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IMTFE

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International Military Tribunal of the Far East

61
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Truman Doctrine

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Support people suffering from outside influences

62
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Long Telegram

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Soviet union would not soften its stance

63
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Marshall Plan

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Underwrite economic resurgence of Western Europe

64
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Berlin Airlift

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Allies flew supplies into Berlin

65
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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

66
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NSC

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National Security Council

67
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NSC-68

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Assist nations affected by Soviet aggression

68
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H-Bomb

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Hydrogen fusion bomb

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