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WWII - Set II
WWII - Set II
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10th Grade
05/30/2014

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Appeasement
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Before WWII France and England gave into dictators to prevent war.
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Munich Pact
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When France and England gave Germany the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. This was the biggest example of appeasement.
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Fascism
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Dictators who promote militarism and country over individuals (Hitler, Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito
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Blitzkrieg
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German style of warfare that coordinates the air force, armored division and infantry into one attack
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Phony War - September 1939 - April 1940
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Beginning stages of WWI when there was no fighting but Germany and France prepared for war.
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Maginot Line
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A huge French fortification built along the German border after WWI. It was useless in WWII.
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Luftwaffe and R.A.F.
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The German Air Force and British Air Force
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Yalta and Potsdam
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Meetings where the Cold War began between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
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