Topics 8.8 & 8.9 WWII and The Holocaust
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15 Terms
Axis Powers
Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
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Allies (WWII)
Alliance of France, Britain, US, USSR during World War II
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Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
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Franklin Roosevelt
President of the US during Great Depression and World War II
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blitzkrieg
"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
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Operation Barbarossa
Codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Pearl Harbor
United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941, bringing the United States into World War II.
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Yalta Conference
1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war settlements
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Jewish Question
The issue, as framed by the Nazis, on how to end Jewish influence in Germany.
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Nuremberg Laws
Placed severe restrictions of Jews, prohibited from marrying non- Jews, attending schools or universities, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine or publishing books.
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Kristallnacht
(Night of the Broken Glass) November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and businesses and terrorized Jews.
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concentration camp
a camp where prisoners of war, political prisoners, or members of minority groups are confined, typically under harsh conditions
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ghetto
separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live.
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Holocaust
A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.
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Final Solution
Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people
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