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Rise of Dictators 2
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9th Grade
01/11/2011

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Winston Churchill
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member of the British parliament who believed sacrificing Czechoslovakia was a huge mistake, 
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Nonagression Pact
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Soviet union and Germany agree to be allies
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Blitzkrieg
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lightening war, a military tactic included a fast concentrated air and land attack that took the enemy by surprise
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Sitzkrieg
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phony war, the lack of combat from British and French after Poland fell
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Maginot Line
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a massive string of fortification along France's Border with Germany
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Dunkirk
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the costal city where the British and French retreated after they tried to defend Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg, one of the greatest rescues in the history of warfare took place (troops slowed germans and assembled a makeshift fleet)
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Luftwaffe
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the German airforce
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Vichy France
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a vacation resort where the French government supervised the remainder of France (that Germany hadn't occupied)
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Free French
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a government in exile in London, who continued the struggle against German invaders
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Charles de Gaulle
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leader of the Free French, helped back the underground French resistance
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Allies
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group of countries who opposed the Axis powers
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Battle of Britian
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the intense attack that Hitler launched against Britain, called for the Luftwaffe to destroy air defenses, lasted into September
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Blitz
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the bombing of London by the Germans, included deathly firebombs (which carry a mix of chemicals that could set buildings on fire)
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RAF
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British Royal Air Force, tried to defend its homeland, but was greatly outnumbered
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Manchuria
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Japanese army seized all , it became an independent nation under Japanese protection, a puppet state
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Manchurian Incident
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the Japanese gov. seized most of Manchuria,which shocked world leaders and the public
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Jiang Jieshi
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Chinese Nationalist army general, 
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Rape of Nanjing
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Japanese soldiers brutalized or killed at least 100,000 civilians, including women and children, in the former capitol of China 
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Burma Road
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a 700 mile long highway that links Burma to China, Britain sent supplies down it
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