WWII (Advanced)
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Olyglobal10 on January 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Fascism | political movement that promotes extreme nationalism, denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial rule |
Benito Mussolini | ![]() Fascist leader of Italy during WWII |
Nazism | German brand of fascism |
Adolf Hitler | ![]() Nazi leader of Germany during WWII |
Third Reich | the German Empire |
Munich Conference | a meeting at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Hitler's pledge to respect Czechoslovakia's borders |
appeasement | giving in to an aggressor to keep peace |
Axis Powers | alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan |
isolationism | belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided |
blitzkrieg | "lightning war" which involved fast moving planes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces |
Winston Churchill | ![]() British prime-minister during WWII |
Battle of Britain | Germany's failed attempt to defeat England through massive air strikes |
Holocaust | mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by Nazi Germany before and during WWII |
Genocide | the systematic killing of an entire people |
ghettos | segregated Jewish areas during the Holocaust |
Nuremberg Trials | a series of court trials in which Nazi leaders were tried for their crimes against humanity |
D-Day | Allied troops took over Normandy, a major win in WWII |
kamikazes | Japanese suicide pilots |
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