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weimar republic
democratic form of government that was in germany after ww1.
Rhineland
demilitarized german area between France and Germany.
Franco
general that led the Falangist rebels
International Brigade
antifascist volunteers that helped the spanish republic
Axis Powers
an alliance created an alliance called the Rome-Berlin axis
Sudetenland
a region around the western rim of Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Bristish Prime minister that accepted Hiter's demand that the Sudetenland be joined with Germany.
Daladier
French premier that accepted Hiter's demand that the Sudetenland be joined with Germany
Anschluss
Austria joins with Germany
appeasement
trying to keep peace by accepting some demands
German-Soviet non-agression pact
agreement publicly stated that germany and soviet union would never attack each other
Danzig
modern day G'dansk
polish corridor
strip of land thats the source of conflict between Poland and Germany.
blitzkreg
"lightning war"
Siegfried line
system of fortifications they had built in Rhineland
phony war
Britan and france declare war on germany but Hitler chooses not to go any farther
magiont line
France's fortifications between Germany and Luxemburg
Winston Churchill
replaced chamberlain against the policy of appeasement
Miracle at Dunkirk
338,000 men safely transported across the channel to England
Vichy
petains government moved here
deGualle
led the Free French government
Luftwaffe
Hitler's air force
RAF
royal air force - British
Battle of Britian
German Air Force attacks in great numbers but the RAF defends Britain
Lend-Lease Act
authorizing the president to supply war materials to Great Britain
Rommel
general, moved german troops across mediterranean to take control of Libya
El Alamein
Rommel's forces were soundly beaten
Tojo
Premier- a more militaristic power came together
New Order
the invasion on the soviet union wasn't part of Hiter's plan
Aryans
the "pure" race
Final Solution
death of all of Europes Jews
Holocaust
the Nazi genocide of the 1930-1940
genocide
extermination of an entire group of people
Auschwitz
huge death camp, people systematically killed
"showers"
gas chambers
Wallenberg/Schindler
saved countless Jews by declaring them protected by the swedish embassy
Battle of Midway
americans defeated the japanese
island hopping
skipping over islands and leaving them with out supplies
Operation Overload
invasion of NW france
General Douglas MacArthur
top allied commander in the Pacific
Bataan Death March
1942- japanese soldiers forced some 78,000 POWs to march 55+ miles to Batan Penisnsula, killing 600+ americans and 10,000 philipeans
Kamidaze
piolots- find a good target and dive into it
Nuremburg Trials
the court charged 22 nazi leaders with crimes against peace and humanity.
Panzar Divisions
armored division in germany (?)
Germanization
spread of german language and culture (?)
Schultzsteffel
special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925 (military branch of the Nazi Party)
Himmler
the head of schulzsteffel
Italy and the Balkans
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Enola Gay
bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb
USS missouri
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Western Civ vocab words chapter 30
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Western Civ vocab words chapter 30
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