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hitler
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Nazi party leader
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holocaust
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Mass killing of 6 million jews nazis
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Benito Mussolini
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Italian Fascist leader after World War I; created first fascist government (1922-1943) based on aggressive foreign policy and new nationalist glories
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Joseph Stalin
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A ruler in the interwar period in the Soviet Union. He tried to modernize his country, but it backfired.
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Hideki Tojo
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Japans new Prime minister in 1941; planned Pearl Harbor attack
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Allied Nations
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Great Britain, Russia, U.S.A., France
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Appeasement
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means giving into someone provided their demands are seen as reasonable.
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Axis powers
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Japan, Germany, Italy, and Austria
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Blitzkrieg
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German term for lightning warfare; involved rapid movement of troops, tanks, and mechanized carriers; resulted in early German victories over Belgium, Holland, and France in the World War II
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Concentration camps
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It was where the Nazis sent the Jews after they were deported
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D-Day
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Happened on June 6, 1944, 160,000 plus allied soldiers landed, the germans were surprised because they didn't know where the Allies would attack
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Fascism
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a political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights and a dictatorial one party rule. like Nazism.
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Genocide
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the mass murdering of an ethnic group/race
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Internment camp
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Prison camp where 120,000 people of Japanese heritage (2/3 were American citizens) were held after the Pearl Harbor attack
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Nazism
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What did Hitler call his idea of fascism?
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Pearl Harbor
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Japan bombs pearl harbor on dec. 7, 1941, U.S joins war
