World War II and Related Events Flashcard

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Night of the Broken Glass, in which mobs attacked Jewish communities across Germany and killed close to a 100 Jews

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Kristallnacht

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Name of the party organized in Italy by Mussolini

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Fascist Party

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Detention centers for civilians considered to be enemies of the state

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concentration camps

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Hitler’s German living space - an increase in the size of German territory

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Lebensraum

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Nazi secret police

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Gestapo

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“Lightning war” waged by the Germans

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blitzkrieg

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Name given to the Nazi massacre of more than six million Jews

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Holocaust

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Day the war officially ended in the Pacific

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V-J Day

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Form of government, which dictatorship controls and regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens

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totalitarianism

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Many Italians supported the Fascist party because it

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promised a better life.