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celos world war II
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Fascism | a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. |
Internationalism | bg |
Appeasement | to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. |
blitzkrieg | the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good, sometimes as contrasted with nationalism, or devotion to the interests of a particular nation. |
Holocaust | the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. |
concentration camp | a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc., esp. any of the camps established by the Nazis prior to and during World War II for the confinement and persecution of prisoners. |
strategic materials | sa |
cost plusn | paid or providing for payment based on the cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit, as certain government contracts. |
liberty ship | a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons. |
disenfranchise | to deprive the right to vote |
rationing | a fixed allowance of provisions or food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread. |
victory garden | a vegetable garden, esp. a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortaged. |
napalm | a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc. |
kamikaze | a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, esp. a warship. |
hedgerow | a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge. |
charter | a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges. |
convoy system | ? |
amphtrac | ? |