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History WWII

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appeasement   policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace  
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anschluss   union of Germany and Austria in 1933  
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blitzkrieg   'lightning war' that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory  
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atlantic charter   a joint declaration made in August 1941 by Great Britain and the United States during WWII that endorsed self-determination and an international system of general security  
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totalitarianism   a theory of government where a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people  
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tripartite pact   agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII  
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WAC women's army corps   US army group established during WWII so that women could serve in noncombat roles  
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yalta Conference   1945 strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin  
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tuskegee airmen   african american squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over Europe during WWII  
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rationing   government-controlled limits on the amount of certain goods that civilians could buy during wartime  
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442nd regimental combat team   WWII unit made up of Japanese American volunteers  
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genocide   willful annihilation of a racial, political or cultural group  
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war refugee board   US government agency founded in 1944 to save Eastern European Jews  
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united nations   organization founded in 1945 to promote peace  
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island hopping   WWII strategy that involved seizing selected Japanese-held islands in the Pacific while bypassing others  
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'Europe first' strategy   Hitler was seen as a bigger threat so most resources were sent to Europe Japan was secondary  
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Joseph Stalin   leader of the soviet union, communist, axis power until Germany invaded, became an ally  
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Winston Churchill   prime minister of great britain, ally, didn't want to open a second front,  
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Adolf Hitler   leader of germany, part of Nazi party, started WWII with the invasion of Poland, tried to take over the world  
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Douglas MacArthur   US general, fought in the pacific oversaw the writing of Japan's new constitution  
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Hideki Tojo   leader of japan, tried to control the pacific, planned the attack on pearl harbor  
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Philip Randolph   african american leader that fought for victory against discrimination, organized protest marches  
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Erwin Rommel   german general, led his troops against americans at Kasserine Pass, plotted to overthrow Hitler, killed himself to avoid a trial  
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