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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Coalition | Temporary alliance of countries working together to achieve a goal such as taking military action |
| Nelson Mandela | Person we associate with Apartheid in South Africa |
| Nazi who used slave labor | Oskar Schindler had to flee from Allied troops |
| Belgium | Invaded as part of the Schlieffen Plan |
| Mutually Assured Destruction | Prevented nuclear war between the USA & USSR |
| Gorbachev & Reagan | Cold War leaders of their countries |
| Containment | US policy adopted by Truman during the Cold War |
| Domino Theory | Theory that if one nation come under Communist control then neighboring nations also will |
| Action of US post WWII | Rebuilding & economic support |
| Vietnam & Korea | "Hot Wars" during the Cold War |
| Eastern Europe | Region dominated by the USSR after WWII |
| Berlin Airlift | First non-military battle of the Cold War |
| Israel | Nation created after WWII |
| USSR & USA | Dominant world powers after WWII |
| Pacific | Pearl Harbor located in this WWII "theater of war" |
| Battle of Stalingrad | WWII "turning point" battle that led to Germany's eventual loss |
| Machine Gun | WWII weapon with devastating impact |
| Revolution | Dramatic change that impacts society |
| NATO | Military Alliance among US & Western European Nations |
| Democracy in Europe | Concern of the Soviet Union after WWII |
| Nuremberg Trials | WWII Nazi leaders put on trial for crimes against humanity |
| Economic Hardships | Post WWI factor influencing the start of WWII |
| War Profiteer | Oskar Schindler |
| Marshall Plan | Rebuilding of Europe after WWII |
| Iron Curtain | Invisible barrier preventing free flow of ideas & people |
| Third Reich | Hitler's Government |
| Holocaust | Systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazis |
| Gestapo | German Secret Police |
| Checka | Communist Secret Police |
| Okrana | Imperial Russian Secret Police |
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