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WWII vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Adolph Hitler | leader of the Nazi party in Germany |
Nazi | soldier controlled by Hitler in Germany |
aryan | denoting a people speaking an Indo-European language |
Benito Mussolini | leader of Italy during WWII |
Winston Churchill | leader of Great Britain during WWII |
Joseph Stalin | leader of Russia during WWII |
Franklin Roosevelt | president of the US during WWII |
Holocaust | killing of millions of Jews caused by Hitler |
Genocide | a mass murder of a particular race |
Final Solution | the duty of family members to subordinate their needs |
Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
Allied Powers | the victorious nations during WWI and WWII: Russia, US, Great Britain |
Totalitarian State | a political system which state holds total authority over the society and seek to control all aspect of all public and private |
Fascist State | any right-wing nationalist ideology |
Blitzkrieg | an intense military campaign intended to bring swift victory |
Isolationism | a policy of remaining apart from other countries and their problems |
Neutrality | the state of no supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc |