Chapter 28 - World War II

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Spanish Civil War
The ________, which erupted in July 1936, clarified the new European alignment between Western democracies on one side and fascist nations on the other.
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General Francisco Franco
________ (1892- 1975) commanded an army of Spanish Morocco against the republic in July.
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Germany
________ and Italy provided troops and aircraft to Franco.
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Czech
The Sudetenland, which was critical to ________ security, was annexed by Germany.
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Japan
________ joined the Axis nations in the Anti- Comintern Pact, which was purportedly aimed at worldwide communism but was actually a new and strong diplomatic partnership.
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Spanish Popular Front
Elections in February 1936 brought to power a(n) ________ administration comprised of left- wing republicans, communists, and anarchists.
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Schuschnigg
________ called a plebiscite for March 13, in which the Austrian people would be able to vote on whether or not to join Germany.
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arms embargo
It imposed a(n) ________, as well as restrictions on loans and credits to and imports from Italy.
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Germany
The Anschluss, on the other hand, had significant strategic implications since ________ now bordered Czechoslovakia, one of the pillars of French security, on three sides.
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Japan
________ joined the Axis nations in the Anti- Comintern Pact, which was nominally aimed at the Soviet Union.
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Czech
The Sudetenland, which was crucial to ________ security, was annexed by Germany, depriving the ________ of any means of self- defense.
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