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clique
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an exclusive, elite group
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Sun Yat-sen
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the organizer of the Chinese Nationalist party, Kuomintang
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Chiang Ki-shek
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took control of the Kuomintang, after the death of Sun Yat-sen, beginning a military campaign to reunite China under a nationalist government
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Mao Zedong
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led a radical Communist party in China, stirring up uprisings between the peasants and government
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sanctions
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forbidding the sale of certain materials to Italy
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Third Reich
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Hitler's new German empire
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lebensraum
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"living space"; rearming Germany and ceasing participation in the Geneva Disarmament
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Rome-Berlin Axis
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alliance between Italy and Germany
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Anti-Comintern Pact
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alliance between Germany and Japan, which on the surface was an agreement directed against communism, but in reality was aimed specifically at Russia
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Axis powers
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the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II
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Allies
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opponents of the Axis power during World War II
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Francisco Franco
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general of the Fascist followers in Spain, revolting against Spain's republican government
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Neville Chamberlain
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prime minister of Britain, who sought to fix the conflict between Germany and Czechoslovakia
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Edouard Daladier
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the prime minister of France
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Munich Conference
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when Daladier (French prime minister), Chamberlain, (British prime minister), and Hitler met in Munich in an attempt to avoid war between Germany and Czechoslovakia
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appeasement
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buying off an aggressor by making concessions
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Winston Churchill
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a member of the British House of Commons
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Pact of Steel
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a military alliance between Italy and Germany
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panzer
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Germany's powerful armored military division, used to defeat Poland, along with the Luftwaffe
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Luftwaffe
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Germany's superior air force, used to defeat Poland, along with the panzer
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blitzkrieg
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"lightning war"; a fast-moving attack, using both the panzer and the Luftwaffe
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sitzkrieg
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"sitting war"; a war at a standstill, without either side launching a major defense
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fifth columnists
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term for Norwegian traitors during WWII (a term coined during the Spanish Civil War to refer to individuals within a country who secretly aid the enemy by spying, spreading enemy propaganda, and committing or sabotage or other similar activities)
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Vidkun Quisling
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one of the most notorious fifth columnists, helping the Germans take over his home country of Norway
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Maginot Line
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