Chapter ? Flashcards
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Blitzkreig
Lightning War
Invasion Poland
September 1, 1939
No country suffered greater misery, destruction and loss of life in WWII than?
Poland
330,000 britian and french troops are evacuated to England in what becomes know as the
Miracle of Dunkirk
the German objective is to destroy the royal air force (RAF) and the royal navy in preparation for an invasion of british isles
Battle of Britain
Desert fox
Field marshal Erwin Rommel
June 22 1941 Hitler invades
Russia (Soviet Union)
Fuhrer Directive 21
rules of war no longer apply
Joseph Stalin Order 227
Not a step back
The Russians call world war II
the great patriotic war
For Hitler the temptation for invasion are too great?
. It’s the heart of communism
. It is home of the largest jewish population
For the remainder of the war, the battle between the Soviet union and Germany will simply be called?
the russian front
Passed by Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938
Neutrality acts
If you got the cash we got the goods come and get it
cash and carry
The 1st peacetime act in U.S. history
selective service act of 1940
The U.S. will give 46 billion $ in aid
lend-lease
Gets the united states inro WWII
Pearl harbor December 7, 1941
The Axis powers
Germany: Adolf Hitler :)
Italy: Benito Mussolini ;)
Japan: Hideki Tojo
Allied powers
America: FDR :(
England: Winston Churchill :(
Soviet Union (Russia): Joseph Stalin
These 3 will collectively be know as the Big 3
Seize Materials necessary to the War effort
War production board
First combat in European Theatre
Operation torch (North African invasion)
Ole blood and guts
George S. Patton
FDR issues his controversial unconditional surrender Ultimatum
Casablanca Conference
Stalingrad, this defeat shatters the myth of German invincibility
Is the most important battle of WWII and the turning point in Europe
