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World War 2
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History
11th Grade
11/18/2008

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Fascism

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Opposed to democracy, are extremely nationalistic, and rely on military and police power to maintain absolute control.
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Mussolini

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Came to power in Italy in 1922 and created a facist givernment.
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Stalin

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Took over as the leader of the communist party in Russia after the death of Lenin.
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Franco

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Was the dictator and Head of State of Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975.
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Hitler

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Leader of teh Nazi party in Germany and came to power in 1933.
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Appeasement

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The granting of concessions in order to maintain peace.
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Sudetenland

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Hitler demanded the right to take this over. German speaking region in western Czechoslovakia.
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Neville Chamberlain

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Was a British Conservative politian and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940.
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

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Was a massive air training program involving the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Southern Rhodesia, in WWII.
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C.D. Howe

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Was a leading Canadian politician. In the 1940's and 1950's he was known as the "Minister of Everything." Elected in 1935 in the constituency of Port Arthur for the Liberal Party.

 

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Crown Corporation

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A state-controlled company or enterprise.
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Phoney War

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A phase in ealry WWII that was marked by a lack of major military operations in Continental Europe.
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