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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pearl harbor | immediate cause for the US entry of WWII |
| holocaust | hitlers policy of ethic cleansing when he killed 6 million jews |
| Nuremberg trails | war crimes trails against Nazi and Japanese leaders |
| united nations | the international organization formed at the end of WWII to help solve conflicts between nations before the erupted into global warfare |
| appeasement | the practice of giving into an aggressor nations demands in order to preserve peace and avoid war |
| Totalitarian State | a country where a single party controls all aspects of life |
| Year of the Munich Conference | was on Sept. 1938 |
| Main countries involved in the Munich Conference | Germany, France, and Great Britain |
| Date of D-Day | was on June 6, 1944 |
| Nuremberg Trials | war crimes trials against Nazi and Japanese leaders after WWII |