World War II
1939-1945: in which the Axis Powers, Germany, Italy, Japan, were defeated by The Allies (US, UK, Soviet Union)
malingerers
people who exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape work
idyll
an extremely picteresque scene
Nazi
a member of the German National Socialist party; known for their ideas of racial superiority and totalitarian rule
collaborator
a person who cooperated traitorously with the Nazi occupiers
partisans
members of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, in particular one operating in enemy-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in World War II
farcical
resembling a farce, because of ridiculous aspects
semaphore
apparatus for signaling, an upright pole
gantry
a bridgelike structure with a platform
Czechoslovakia
a former country in central Europe (now divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia), occupied by German forces starting with the takeover of the Sudentenland
