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World War II Vocabulary
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04/28/2011

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Totalitarian State
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Country where a single party controls the government and every aspect of the peoples lives.
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Fascism
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political system that is rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state
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neutrality acts
Definition
series of laws passed by congress in 1935 that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war.
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Munich Conference
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a 1938 meeting of leaders of Britain, France, Italy, Germany at which an agreement was signed giving part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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agreement signed between Hitler and Stalin (Germany and Soviet Union) in 1939 in which they agreed not to attack each other.
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
swift attacks launched in Germany in World War II
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lend-lease act
Definition
during WWII, law that allowed US to sell arms and equipment to Britain
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Atlantic Charter
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a 1941 program developed by the US and Britain that set goals for the post war world.
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"Double V" campaign
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An African American civil rights campaign during World War II
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Tuskegee Airman
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African American fighter pilots who trained in Tuskegee, Alabama, during World War II
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Victory Garden
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During WWII, a vegetable garden planted to combat food shortages all over the United States.
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war production board
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government agency created during World War II to help factories shift from making consumer goods to war material
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Battle of Midway
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a 1942 Battle in the Pacific during which American planes sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.
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Operation Overlord
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code name for the Allied Invasino of Europe in 1944
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944- Day of the Invasion of Western Europe by Allied Forces
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Battle of the Bulge
Definition
German counter-attack in December 1944 that temporarily slowed the Allied invasion of Germany.
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