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WWII Vocab
Vocabulary of World War II
Term | Definition |
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Anti-Semitism | Discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews. |
Appeasement | To yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles. |
Fascism | An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.. |
Munich Conference | The pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation |
Nazism | The principles or methods of the Nazis. |
Third Reich | Germany during the Nazi regime 1933–45. |