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Il Duce

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“the leader” - title for Mussolini in Italy

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Reichstag

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German parliament

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Der Fuehrer

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“the leader” - title for Hitler in Germany

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Hitler

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Leader of Germany

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Benito Mussolini

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Leader of Italy

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Mein Kampf

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“My Struggle” - book written by Hitler

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Swastika

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Symbol of the Nazi party

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Reich

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Rule

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Weimar Republic

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Democratic government in Germany after World War 1 until the time of Hitler, 1919-1933

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Third Reich

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Hitler’s Germany that was to last 1,000 years just like the Roman Empire

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Fascist

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Believes in private ownership of property. Also believes strongly in authority. Germany and Italy were fascist countries at this time.

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Communist

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Believes in public ownership of property. Russia was a communist country at this time.

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Lebensraum

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“living space” - Hitler’s excuse to take land in Eastern Europe

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Appeasement

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The policy of giving in to a nation’s demands to avoid war

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Nazi

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National Socialist German Worker’s Party

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Putsch

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German word for revolt

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S.A.

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Brown shirts - Hitler’s private army

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S.S.

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Black shirts - Hitler’s personal guards

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Aryan

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German race

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Final Solution

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Hitler’s attempt to rid Europe of the Jewish population

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Wehrmacht

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German army

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Luftwaffe

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German air force

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Blitzkrieg

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Lightning war

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Maginot line

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French line of defense on the German border

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Siegfried line

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German line of defense on the French border

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Winston Churchill

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Prime Minister of England

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Josef Stalin

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Leader of the Soviet Union

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Hermann Goering

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Head of the Luftwaffe

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Joseph Goebbels

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Minister of Propaganda

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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President of the United States

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