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Lost generation | after WWI, a term for damanged people whom came back from the War World I |
Joseph Stalin | Russian leader, who ruled Russia with an iron fist. Responsible for killing millions of Russians during his tenure; modernized Russia |
Collectivization | small farms turned into large farms in Russia |
5-year Plans | Stalin's 5 year plans to modernize Russia, ie steel |
Gulag | administrative wing of Russian Governmnet, associated with the penal system and camps |
Weimar Republics | German Government after WWI, signed Treaty of Vers., unpopluar and corrupt government, gave way to Hilter |
Benito Mussolini | Italian Facist leader, who discriminated against certain minority groups in Italy |
Fascism | military, dictator government, one person normally rules with a secret police and censorship. |
Adolf Hitler | German fascism military leader, started WWII. Was anti-semitic, and had a "final solution". Fixed German economony, responsible for millions of deaths |
Anti-Semitism | Hatred of the Jews, discriminated against them |
Nuremberg Laws | similar to America's Jim Crow laws; laws against Jews to discriminate against them, and make their lives more difficult, "Wear the Star of David"; food rations |
Final Solution | Hitler's solution to eliminate the Jews |
Battle of Britain | Britain's airforces protect Britain from Germany attack. A big point of the war, as it saves Britain from potential occupation |
Operation Barbarossa | German's plan of attack on Russia, to win quickly "BlitzKrieg" |
D-Day | Allies attack of the French beaches to get landforces onto Europe to attack Germany |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 2 Japanese cities bombed by the United States with an Atomic Bomb, ending WWII |