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World History
Vocab WWII
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05/07/2007

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appeasement
Definition
satisfying demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.
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demilitarized
Definition
not allowed to have weapon fortifications there.
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sanction
Definition
a restoration made to influence international laws.
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Adolf Hitler
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dictator of Germany who started WWII.
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Benito Mussolini
Definition
dictator of Italy who was an ally of Hitler.
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
soviet dictator who signed Nazi-Soviet non aggression pact with Germany.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Definition
leader of China who opposed Japan
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blitzkrieg
Definition
"lightening warfare"
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partisan
Definition
Italian Persistence fighter
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FDR
Definition
Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt. President during WW2.
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MacArthur
Definition
U.S. general who came up with island hopping.
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Churchill
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Prime Minister of Britain.
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Truman
Definition
Became the US president after FDR died.
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genocide
Definition
physical examination of a certain peace.
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Himmler
Definition
leader of the SS in charge of German resettlement plans in East.
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kamikaze
Definition
Japanese Pilots
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Albert Speer
Definition
Hitlers architect and minister for arguments and munitions.
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Tojo
Definition
Prime minister of Japan
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Cold War
Definition
period at political tensions, US and Soviet Union
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