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world war 2 Flashcards

1
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appeasement

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germany and france don’t want anymore war

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territorial shifts

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germans wanted to take out jews and make more room for other germans, felt the need to expand

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lebensraum

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territory nazis felt necessary for existence and expansion

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axis powers

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germany, italy, japan

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allies

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great britain, us, soviet union

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nazi soviet pact

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hitler and stalin agreed to share poland, hitler invaded stalin instead

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esp laws

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economic social political

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nuremberg laws

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laws for jews

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final solution

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1942, moving jews into ghettos

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winter war

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russia invaded finland but wasn’t used to the cold

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first war conference

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tehran war

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second conference of war

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yalta conference

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potsdam conference

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stalin supports japan, third conference

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truman doctrine

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money to greece and hungary

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marshall plan

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billions of dollars to rebuild western europe

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rise of cold war

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allies and soviet’s don’t want to leave berlin

17
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new concept

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genocide

18
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what’s on the horizon?

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nuclear war

19
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blitzkrieg

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description of attack (rapid overwhelming force)

20
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mein kampf

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book by adolf hitler

21
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neville chamberlain

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brit prime minister, brought peace to hitler

22
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NATO

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north atlantic treaty organization, nations in west hemisphere

23
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operation overlord

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part of french invasion

24
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operation barbarossa

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part of russian invasions

25
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battle of leningrad

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germans invade leningrad

26
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phony war

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blitzkrieg into poland and refuses to leave

27
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nazis successful warfare

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blitzkrieg

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