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Weimar Republic
The new Weimar Republic was now in a massive war debt that it could not afford, made even worse by the fact that it was printing money without the economic resources to back it up. Allowing a three-year period of hyperinflation to occur in the Weimar Republic between June 1921 and January 1924. This was caused by considerable internal political instability in the country, (Weimar Republic consist of the social Democratic party and the Catholic Center Party and the German Democratic Party.) TERM 2
Adolf Hitler
DEFINITION 2 Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the German Workers' Party. He wrote a book called Mein Kampf TERM 3
Mein Kampf
DEFINITION 3 Mein Kampf is an autobiography by the National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. TERM 4
Washington Naval
Conference
DEFINITION 4 President Warren G. Harding held a meeting; it was attended by nine nationsthe United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugalregarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. The primary objectives of the conference was to restrain Japanese naval expansion in the waters of the west Pacific, and limit Japanese expansion. TERM 5
Kellogg- Briand Pact
DEFINITION 5 is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them. Parties failing to abide by this promise "should be denied of the benefits furnished by this treaty." It was signed by Germany, France and the United States on August 27, 1928, and by most other nations soon after.
Benito Mussolini
was an Italian politician, leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922-1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. founder of fascism. Fascist Party:-terrorized peasants- organized labor TERM 7
Vladimir
Lenin
DEFINITION 7 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 - 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. TERM 8
Kemal Ataturk
DEFINITION 8 First president of Turkey. A war for turkish independence broke out. The turkish forces was led by him. Under his leadership Turkey became a modern nation-state. TERM 9
Great Depression
DEFINITION 9 The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; however, in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. TERM 10
Nazi Party
DEFINITION 10 The Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party NSDAP) grew out of theGerman Workers Party. The Nazi Party came into being on 24th February1920. Its leader, Adolf Hitler, required the party to accept and adopt theFuehrer Principle. This was the belief that Hitler alone ruled and governed the Nazi Party and that everyone else was below him and owed their position within the party to him.
francisco franco
Francisco Franco, was a Spanish general and the Caudillo of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. Coming from a military family background, he became the youngest general in Spain and one of the youngest generals in Europe in the 1920's. TERM 17
battle of britain
DEFINITION 17 The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) which began at the end of June 1940. In Britain, the officially recognised dates are 10 July - 31 October 1940, overlapping with the period of large-scale night attacks known as The Blitz. TERM 18
operation barbarossa
DEFINITION 18 Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on 22 June 1941. The operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's ideological desire to conquer Soviet territory as outlined in his 1925 manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). TERM 19
battle of kursk
DEFINITION 19 The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk ( kilometres or 280 miles south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. The German offensive was code- named Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) and led to one of the largest armoured clashes in history, the Battle of Prokhorovka. TERM 20
D-Day
DEFINITION 20 The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
pearl harbor
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. TERM 22
battle of midway
DEFINITION 22 The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Between 3 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. TERM 23
wannsee conference
DEFINITION 23 The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. TERM 24
truman doctrine
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