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WWII vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |