WWII Flashcards

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appeasement

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•over and over England & France allowed hitler to seize control of European territories on the assumption that he would be satisfied once he united the German people’s

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annex

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•hitler took over Rhineland, Austria, and demanded possession of the Sudetenland & was met with no resistance

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blitzkrieg

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•lightening warfare, how hitlers army captured Poland in 1939

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final solution

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•hilter blamed Jews for Germany’s and used this plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe

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neutrality acts

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•FDR’s attempt by congressional act to keep the US out of the European war during the early 1940’s

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Aryan

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•blonde haired, blue eyed, & German, according to Hitler belonged to a dominant master race

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non-aggression pact

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•signed by hitler & stalin in September of 1939 hitler had no fear of a soviet assault

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