Term | ID |
"phony war" | -period of time in which no battles occurred in the war
-ended when Germany invaded Denmark and Norway |
Maginot Line | -French wall of defense on it's border with Germany
-was believed to avoid German invasion |
"miracle of Dunkirk" | -evacuation of allies from the beaches of Dunkirk
-allowed hundreds of thousands of troops to escape |
Winston Churchill | -Prime Minister of England during WWII
-elected after previous prime minister focused on apeasement |
Battle of Britain | -The air invasion of Britain by Germany
-originally attacking military posts, but failed when they changed directions and attacked cities |
Pearl Harbor | -preemptive strike of Japanese on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii, USA)
-resulted in US declaring war on Japan |
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere | -The Japanese controlled islands occupied and controlled by Japan.
-Used to give Japan resources for the war |
Grand Alliance | -side against the Axis powers
-Included USA, USSR, and Great Britain |
Erwin Rommel | -German General sent to North Africa after the defeat of Italian troops there
-accompanied by Afrika Corp, although they never fully controlled north Africa |
Afrika Corp | -German military sent to take control of North Africa
-Was able to break through British defense in Egypt, but never fully control North Africa |
Stalingrad | |
Battle of Midway | |
Normandy | -aka D-day was the invasion of Great Britain and USA on German controlled France
-Invasion on coast of France from sea which was the largest seaborne invasion in history |
Battle of Kursk | |
The Holocaust | -Mass murder and mistreatment of Jews by Nazi Germany in WWII.
-responsible for the deaths of 6 million+ Jews and strongly supported by Adolf Hitler |
Final Solution | |
Ensatzgruppen | |
Auschwitz | -largest death camp of the holocaust where majority of Jews were killed
-a part of Hitler's antisemitist initiative |
Wannsee Conference | |
gas chambers | |
Luftwaffe | |
the Blitz | |
Dresden | |
Allied Strategic Bombing Survey | |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
Manhattan Project | |
Big Three | |
Yalta | |
Potsdam | |