Diplomacy & Politics Glossary
Every term you need — from Model UN procedure to international law, economics, and political theory. Clear definitions, real examples, and cross-linked concepts.
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2 termsBattle of Stalingrad
A major World War II battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that marked a turning point with the Soviet victory halting German advances into the USSR.
Blitzkrieg
A military tactic meaning "lightning war" involving fast, surprise attacks combining air and ground forces to quickly overwhelm enemies.
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2 termsHiroshima Atomic Bombing
The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, causing massive destruction and prompting Japan's eventual surrender in World War II.
Holocaust
The systematic genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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2 termsMarshall Plan
A U.S. program providing over $12 billion in economic aid to rebuild Western European economies after World War II.
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
A 1939 non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that secretly divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
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4 termsOperation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, marking a major turning point in World War II on the Eastern Front.
Operation Market Garden
A failed Allied military operation in 1944 aiming to capture bridges in the Netherlands to advance into Germany quickly. It resulted in heavy casualties and delayed the end of World War II in Europe.
Operation Overlord
The codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, marking the start of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II.
Operation Valkyrie
A failed 1944 German military plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi government during World War II.