Chapter 27 Flashcards
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Blitzkrieg
Lightning war
invasion of poland
September 1, 1939
no country will suffer greater misery, destruction and loss of life in WWII than ______
Poland
330,000 british and french troops are evacuated to England in what becomes known as
miracle of dunkirk
The German objective is to destroy the royal air force and royal navy in prep for an invasion of the British isle
battle of britian
desert fox
field marshall Erwin rommel
June 22nd, 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 WWII
the great patriotic war
for Hitler the temptation for invasion was too great
-its the heart of communism
-its where lebensraum is to be found
-its home to the largest Jewish population in the world
for the remainder of the war, the battle between the Soviet union and Germany will be called
the Russian front
passed by Congress in 1935, …. , 1938
neutrality acts
if you’ve got the cash, we’ve got the goods, come and get them
cash and carry
1st peacetime draft in U.S. history
selective service act of 1940, vietnam
the u.s. will give $46 billion in aid
lend lease
Gets the US into WWII
pearl harbor, December 7, 1941
The axis powers
Germany- Adolf hitler
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Japan- Hideko Tojo
The allied powers
America -FDR
England- Winston Churchill
Soviet Union (Russia)- Joseph Stalin
Collectively be know as the “Big 3”
China
Seize vital materials necessary to the war effort
War production board
first combat in European theatre
operation torch, north African invasion
Ol blood and guts
George S. Patton
FDR issues his controversial “unconditional surrender ultimatum”
Casablanca Confrence
Stalingrad, this defeat shatters the myth of German invinciblility
most important battle of WWII and the turning point in europe
