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world history II
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History
Undergraduate 2
04/17/2012

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Pontine Marshes
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work project done by pepperoni to prove that italy can make jobs in the face of fascism (lol)
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Fat Man
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dropped along with "little boy: on japan
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Magnetogorsk
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largest steel mill in the world that employed thousands of people many of them being ex pesants and being a very polluted area, pretty shitty for the popel that worked there. very unhealthy atmosphere
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V.I. Lenin
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read and liked Marx's ideas, formed the Bolshevic Part in 1902, leading a revolt in 1917, established the soviet union
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Gotha G IV
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bomber used to attach london and paris in 1917/1918, spreaded more terror than damage, hard to shoot down
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lewis gun
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built by british and american companies, used as a light attack weapon, shooting around 500 RPM
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facism
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government ruled by a dictator advocating nationalism, racism, and militarism
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mussolini
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fascist leader of italy, brought Lenin+bolshevic movement to power, leader of the Fasci of Revolutionary Action
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Kolkhozy
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soviet russian farm
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labensraum
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german for living space, basic principle of nazi foreign policy
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operation barbarossa
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germanys first take over operation of the soviet union, failed because the troops were split into two different groups, first start of the holocaust, singled out jews and exterminated them
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mukeden
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bombing of train tracks on september 18th 1931 blamed on chinese army by officers os the Kwantang army
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