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| (1931) using an explosion on a Japanese-controlled Southern Manchurian railroad as an excuse, Japanese military forces conquered Manchuria and set up a puppet government |
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| Japanese puppet state (1932-1945) formed in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia |
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| (1936) agreement signed between Germany and Japan in which they established their opposition to the Comintern, a Soviet-sponsored international organization aimed at spreading communism |
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| (1937) the murder of as many as 300,000 Chinese men, women, and children by Japanese troops |
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| (1883–1945) Italian Fascist leader; he ruled as Italy’s dictator for more than 20 years beginning in 1922. His alliance with Hitler brought Italy into World War II. |
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| a totalitarian system of government that focuses on the good of the state rather than on the good of the individual citizens |
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| form of government in which the person or party in charge has absolute control over all aspects of life |
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| (1879–1953) Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union; he led the Soviet Union through World War II and created a powerful Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe after the war. |
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| a Soviet forced labor camp or prison, used especially for political dissidents |
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| (1889–1945) Totalitarian dictator of Germany; his invasion of European countries led to World War II. He espoused notions of racial superiority and was responsible for the mass murder of millions of Jews and others in the Holocaust. |
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| (1889–1945) Totalitarian dictator of Germany; his invasion of European countries led to World War II. He espoused notions of racial superiority and was responsible for the mass murder of millions of Jews and others in the Holocaust. |
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| National Socialist Party; fascist political party of Adolf Hitler governed on totalitarian lines and advocating German racial superiority |
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| hostility or prejudice towards Jews |
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| Nazi laws that eliminated citizenship and many civil and property rights for Jews |
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| (1938) "night of broken glass"; an event that occurred on the nights of November 9 and 10 in which Hitler's Nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews; nearly 100 Jews died |
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| .” In the Japanese military’s instruction manual, the words _____________, ____________, and ___________ were removed to encourage the idea that these were no longer possibilities. |
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| Surrender, Retreat, Defense |
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| Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity |
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| a group of nations whose combined resources would allow independence from Western control. |
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| a series of violent incidents in the summer of 1937 between Chinese troops and Japanese |
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| Stalin’s plan to strengthen Soviet communism was the modernization of the Soviet economy. |
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| he government makes major decisions about the production of goods. |
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| Great Purge/ Great Terror |
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| to get rid of people or things considered undesirable |
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| Germany formed a new republican government, government was extremely unpopular among Germans, who blamed it for the humiliating Versailles treaty and for the economic problems that overwhelmed Germany after the war. |
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| “My Struggle.” The book described Hitler’s major political ideas, including nationalism and the racial superiority of the German people, whom he called Aryans. |
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