Chapter 17 World History Vocabulary – Flashcards
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Francisco Franco
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A conservative Spanish general supported by Fascists and Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War; later became dictator.
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Anschluss
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Union of Austria and Germany.
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Sudetenland
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A region of Czechoslovakia.
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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A nonaggression pact uniting Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightning war" using improved tanks and airpower.
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Luftwaffe
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German air force.
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Dunkirk
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Site of British troops stranded in France, and their rescue by sea.
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Vichy
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Location in France of Germany's "puppet state."
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General Erwin Rommel
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German general known as the "Desert Fox."
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Concentration Camps
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Nazi detention and killing centers for civilians considered enemies of the state.
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Holocaust
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The systematic genocide of about six million European Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
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Lend-Lease Act
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Law allowing FDR to sell or lend war materials to those who were fighting for freedom.
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Rosie the Riveter
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The character who symbolized the millions of women working in essential war industry jobs.
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Aircraft Carrier
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A ship from which aircraft can take off and land.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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A decorated World War II general who later became president of the United States.
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Stalingrad
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Site of one of the costliest battles of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union.
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944, the day of the Allies' invasion of France.
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Yalta Conference
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The February 1945 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin where they agreed on the Soviet Union's joining the Pacific war, and on postwar arrangements.
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Sanctions
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Penalties.
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Technology
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Scientific advances applied to practical purposes.
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Available
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Ready for use; at hand.
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Nullified
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Made invalid.
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Incessant
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Uninterrupted, ceaseless.
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Inevitable
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Unavoidable, inescapable.
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