L’Appel du Devoir
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entreprendre: to undertake
annexation : incorporation/physical attachment (to Germany)
Pologne: Poland
défier: to defy
la frontière : border
outrepasser : to overstep
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mépris : contempt
envers : toward
ostentatoire : obvious
dénombrer : to count
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sonner : to ring, to toll
glas : death knell
contrecarrer: to thwart, to oppose
Fürher: “leader,” refers to Hitler
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capituler: to capitulate, to surrender
joug: yoke
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vouer: to dedicate
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suprématie: supremacy
débarquer: disembark
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chef de file: leader
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subir: to suffer
litige: disputation (in this context, setback)
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connaître: to know (in this context, to experience)
manquement: failure
réussite: success
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gargantuesque: gargantuan, gigantic, HUGE
colon: colonizer
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centaines: hundreds
milliers: thousands
mitraille: gunfire
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vaincu(e): vanquished, defeated
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fera capituler le Japon: will make Japon surrender
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Shoah: Hebrew word for the Holocaust
Werhmacht: Germany armed forces
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Tzigane: Gypsy
autodafé: book-burning
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haine: hate
conjugué: combined
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