European at War 1939-1945 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Blitzkrieg
Lightning War
Invasion Poland
September 1, 1939
No country suffered 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 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 the British Isles
Battle of Britain
Desert Fox
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
June 22, 1941 Hitler invades
Russia (Soviet Union)
Führer 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 temptations for invasion are too great
- It’s the heart of Communism
- It’s where the Lebensraum is to be found
- It’s home to the largest Jewish population in the world
For the remainder of the war, the battle between the Soviet Union and Germany will simple 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 get em
Cash and Carry
The 1st peacetime draft in U.S. history
Selective Service Act of 1940
The U.S. will give $46 billion in aid
Lend-Lease
What drove the US into World War II
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
The Axis Powers
Germany- Adolf Hitler
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Japan- Hideki Tojo (only need to know Tojo)
The Allied Powers
America- FDR
England- Winston Churchill
Soviet Union (Russia)- Joseph Stalin
China
America- FDR, England- Winston Churchill, and Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin
These 3 will collectively be known as the “Big 3”
seize vital 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
