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Chapters 31/32

World War II

TermDefinition
Kristallnacht Night of broken glass, where jewish peoples and businesses were targeted through violent acts.
Appeasement A diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.
Blitzkreig A method of warfare where the attacker spearheads an offensive using a rapid overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations.
Non-Aggression Pact Is a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other.
Kamikaze Were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied military forces.
Surrealism A cultural movement which developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I. It is best known for its visual artworks and writings and the juxtaposition of distant realities to activate the unconscious mind through the imagery.
Axis Powers / Leaders Germany [Hitler], Italy [Mussolini], and Japan [Hirohito].
Famous Scientists Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and Sigmund Freud was a neurologist.
Bombed Japanese Cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the two targeted Japanese cities.
Targeted Groups by the Nazis Gypsies, Polish peoples, disabled individuals, Russians, homosexuals, and other asocial people.
Munich Pact Was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. The goal was to keep Europe from war.
Existentialism A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
Allied Powers / Leaders Great Britain [Churchill], France [Lebrun], Soviet Union [Stalin], and United States [Roosevelt].
Nuremberg Laws Were anti semitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party.
Nuremberg Trial Were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war.
World Wide Depression A general downturn in world economies following World War 1. This led to political instability in many countries in Europe.
Rape of Nanjing Was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing.
Island Hopping Was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan and the Axis powers. Also known as leapfrogging.
Holocaust Was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews.
Final Solution The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jewish people in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
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