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World War II
Flash cards for World War II vocabulary
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History
6th Grade
05/18/2010

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Adolf Hitler
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leader of Nazi Germany
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charter
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a constitution
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depression
Definition
a period of economic decline
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fascism
Definition
form of government that stresses the nation above the individuals: the leader is usually a dictator
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Nazi
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National Socialist Party
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propaganda
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planned spread of certain beliefs
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annex
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to attach
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appeasment
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meeting the demands of an aggressor in order to preserve peace
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aggression
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policy Europe's new dictators chose as they launched attacks on other countries
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Allies
Definition
Great Britain, Soviet Union, China, and the United States
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Big Three
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Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower led the Allied forces in history's largest invasion by sea
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kamikaze
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Japanese war planes that flew into the sides of ships
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concentration camp
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places that imprisoned people of a certain ethnic group
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Leader of the United States
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Beginning of the War: Franklin Roosevelt
End of War: Harry Truman
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Leader of Germany
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Great Britain
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Beginning of War: Neville Chamberlain
End of War: Winston Churchill
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Leader of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of the Soviet Union
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of Japan
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Emperor Hirohito
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