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WWII Vocabulary Flashcards

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the alliance of Britain, France, and Russia

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Allies

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the hostility or prejudice toward Jews

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Anti-Semitism

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the “perfect” race, said to be the Germans by Hitler, blond-haired, blue-eyed

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Aryans

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to give in to demands to avoid war

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Appease

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the largest concentration camp in WWII

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Auschwitz

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the act of staying out of the affairs and wars of other countries (The US did this during WWII)

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Isolation

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an organization created by FDR that was created to promote international cooperation

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United Nations (UN)

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Nazi laws that eliminated citizenship and many civil and property rights for Jews

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Nuremburg Laws

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the meeting between the Allied leaders (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) in order to reach an agreement about what to do with post-war Europe

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Yalta Conference

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information created by the government to influence public opinion

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Propaganda

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a sudden dramatic drop of stock prices in the stock market (many people bought stocks but couldn’t pay back)

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Stock Market Crash of 1929

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nations that fought against the Allied Powers in WWII

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Axis Powers

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Who were the Axis Powers?

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Japan, Germany, and Italy

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“lightning war,” a fast, forceful style of fighting used by the Germans starting with air attacks closely followed by fast-moving land forces

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Blitzkrieg

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prime minister of Britain, appeased Hitler

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Neville Chamberlain

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statesman of Britain that believed Hitler was a liar

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Winston Churchill

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where political opposition was sent to be held, tortured, and killed

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Concentration Camps

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the landing operations of the Allied forces from Britain to Normandy, France

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D-Day (read more about this in article)

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a form of government where the main concern is the good of the country, not the citizens’ needs

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Fascism

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Hitler’s secret plan to kill all Jews

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Final Solution

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the destruction (killing) of a certain racial, ethnic, religious, or national group

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Genocide

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the two Japanese cities that were targets for the US’s atomic boms

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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the persecution and murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis

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Holocaust

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Japanese suicide fighter pilots that dive bombed warships with planes full of explosives

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Kamikaze

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“Night of Broken Glass,” anti-Jewish riots that occurred the nights of November 9-10, 1938, Jews were killed and Jewish businesses and synagogues were destroyed

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Kristallnacht

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German “living space”

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Lebensraum

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Hitler’s bombing of London and major surrounding cities during the Battle of Britain, Hitler’s goal was to terrorize the British people into losing the will to fight

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The London Blitz (see notes for reasons why the people of London did not lose hope)

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Stalin’s campaign to rid of all his opponents by sending them to prison camps (Gulag) in Siberia or executing them

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The Purge

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program started by FDR to help the US recover from the Great Depression, jobs were created, banks were stabilized, and funding was put into public works

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The New Deal

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My Struggle, a political book written by Hitler while he was in prison that expressed is future political plans and ideas for Germany

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Mein Kampf

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complete opposition to war and violence

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Pacifism

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a bias that is not based on actual experience, judging something before actually meeting

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Prejudice

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List Hitler’s secret police in order from beginning and less lethal to oldest and deadly.

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SA, SS, Gestapo

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What is V-E Day?

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the end of WWII in Europe (Germany surrenders)

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What is V-J Day?

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the end of WWII in the ocean (Japan surrenders)

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a form of government when the government tries to have complete control over the lives of their people

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Totalitarianism

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U.S. President during WWII, created the UN

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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dictator of Russia during WWII, responsible for the Purge

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Joseph Stalin

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dictator of Italy during WWII

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Benito Mussolini

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