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WWII study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was Churchill ? | great britain's political leader |
| what is the blitzkrieg ? | an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory |
| what happened to poland in september ? | was invaded by germany on the 10th and the soviet union invaded them on the 17th |
| what was the dunkirk ? | when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire |
| who was Rommel ? | germany's military leader |
| who was Eisenhower ? | United States military leader |
| what was the Battle of the Bulge ? | the last major german offensive |
| what is genocide ? | the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group |
| what is d-day ? | the day of final judgement, a time of catastrophic destruction and death |
| what does RAF stand for and what was it ? | royal air force is the united kingdom's warfare force |
| how was pearl harbor involved in WWII ? | united states naval base near honolulu, hawaii. also was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by the japanese forces |
| what role did okinawa play in WWII ? | it was only 350 miles away from the coast of japan so if the US took control over that island they would be much closer to japan |
| what was a sitzkrieg ? | a slow moving warfare |
| what was kristallnacht ? | when german nazis attacked jewish people and property |
| what was the battle of Iwo Jima considered ? | the bloodiest battle of the pacific campaign |
| what was leningrad ? | one of the cities in the ussr that germany attacked after breaking the non aggression pact |
| what was a non aggression pact ? | a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other |
| what was the ghetto ? | a place where germans held prisoners |
| a-bomb cities | hiroshima, and nagasaki |
| who was MacArthur ? | U.S. general in charge of the war in the pacific |
| What was the DATE, CODE NAME and the 5 BEACHES that were attacked when the Allies launched the attacks on Normandy? | June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord, Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Sword Beach, and Juno Beach. |
| List the 7 steps in the escalation of the Holocaust. | Kristallnacht Ghettos Final solution Genocide Concentration camps Mass shootings Gas chambers |
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