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What did Nazis promise for Germany?
Create jobs, restore pol stability, keep out communists
What happened when the Japanese tried to invade China from Manchuria?
At first they were successful, then they attacked civilians (Rape of Namjing)
Blitzkrieg
Lightning warfare, rapid movement of attack
What was est. in France?
A puppet regime in Vichy
Winston Churchill
British prime minister during WWII
Why did Japan choose to attack Euro colonies?
Thought they would be occupied by German hostility. They received resistance from Burma and the Philippines
United Nations
International dispute negotiating organization. Established after WWII
Tehran Conference
Decision to invade Nazi- occupied France
Yalta Conference
Divided Germany into 4 zones
Postdam
USSR took East Poland, while Poles took East Germany
Quit India Movement
Mass civil disobedience to end British ctrl
Convention Peoples Party (CPP)
Opposition to British ctrl of colonial legislature of Gold Coast
Kenya African Union (KAU)
Leading nationalist party that promoted nonviolent protest
Land Freedom Army
Radical independence organization in Kenya. 1952 -> campaign of terror. 1956 -> imprisoned by British
National Liberation Front (FLN)
Radical nationalist movement against French in Algeria during 1950s. Guerrilla and civil war led to independence in 1962
Why did Afrikaners in South Africa have so much leeway in the government?
Lost to British in Anglo-Boer War and the British felt guilty and gave them permission
Afrikaner National Party
White majority party of South Africa that wanted independence from Britain
apartheid
Strict racial segregation in South Africa designed to benefit whites economically and politcally
What area did Jews choose to call their homeland?
Palestine
Haganah
1940s -> Zionist military force engaged in violent resistance to British presence in Palestine