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| Washington Naval Conference |
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| Disarmament conference, stopping production of warships and battleships. 1922, president Warren G Harding. |
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| 1928: Renunciation of war between America and France, set precedent for crimes against peace |
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| affluent and wealthy peasants, viewed as the enemy of the poorer peasants in stalinist russia |
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| USSR, Stalin's efforts to rapidly grow the Soveit Union's economy |
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| An attempt at reparations from Germany from WWI:Germany was not in a place where they could afford it, so it was replaced by the Young Plan in 1929. |
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| Austrian bank nationalized after WWII, big part of Austria's economy. |
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| German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. Oversaw all security forces, including the Gestapo. |
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| "Operation Hummingbird": Purge between June30 and July02 where 85 people were killed, more arrested and imprisoned. Carried out primarily by the SS. |
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| The anti-Semitic and racist laws put forth by the Nazi party, later the basis for the Nuremberg Trails. |
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| One of Hitler's closest confidants and most loyal followers. Minister of Propaganda, and led the Kristalnacht, which led directly to the Holocaust. |
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| "The Night of Glass", Following the assassination of a German diplomat, the nazis attacked Jewish villages destroying hundreds of Mosques, arresting thousands and killing nearly 100 of them. This was the beginning of "The Final Solution" and was the first step toward the Holocaust. |
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| "Strength Through Joy" was a state-controlled leisure organization, and strove to promote the advantages of national socialism to people. |
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| Fascist dictator of Spain |
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| Germany, Japan, Italy. Minor powers: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia |
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| Britian, USSR & Russia, America |
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| Gave Poland access to the Baltic Sea. When Hitler took power, he used the Polish Corridor as leverage to build a highway through it in exchange for signing non-aggression with Poland. Eventually Poland refused so many attempts for Hitler to threaten their sovereignty that they just outright invaded them and stole it. |
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| Munich Agreement & Conference |
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| Chamberlain hands over the west side of Czechoslovakia, making them vulnerable to Nazi invasion. Said to have "sustained a defeat without having fought a war" |
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| Nazi-Soviet pact, Non-Aggression Pact |
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| Mad eit possible for Soviet Union to invade most of Eastern Europe, and in Exchange the Soviets helped the Nazis invade Poland. However, this pact was broken when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, killing 4 million and imprisoning 3.4 million, and the Soviets lost all land acquired in the original deal. |
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| An order by Hitler to kill any soviet prisoner promoting communism. Served to bolster Soviet rebellion. |
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| Soviet Russian war hero. Marshall in Russian army. Managed to push through Eastern Europe and take Germany's capitol, Berlin. |
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| American provided Allied powers with vast amounts of war material. |
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| Soviet victory in Poland over the Nazis. Returned land owned by the Soviets and Eastern Poland. The biggest German defeat during the war. |
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| Meeting of Nazi officials discussing the carrying out of the "Final Solution" |
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