Untitled Deck Flashcards
(43 cards)
Name 1 of the neutral countries
Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden
What was the term for alliance between Germany, Italy, Japan?
Axis Powers
What was the Southern part of France known as up until 1942?
Vichy France
What Italian dictator was hung upside down at a gas station by his own people?
Mussolini
What city had an uprising against Nazis in 1944?
Warsaw (Poland)
What year did WW2 end in Europe?
1945
What German weapon was used in the battle of the Atlantic?
U-Boat
What country was attacked by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939?
Poland
What country invented the technique of Blitzkrieg?
Germany
Name 2 countries the Soviet Union attacked in 1939:
Poland and Finland
Name one of the English prime ministers during WW2:
Neville Chamberlain (1st) or Winston Churchill (2nd)
What 3 Baltic countries did the Soviet Union invade?
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
What 3 countries were in the Phony War?
Britain, France, and Germany
What was the unique part about P-51 Mustang?
It could go back and forth from Britain to Germany
What military equipment was salvaged at Dunkirk?
British soldiers
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WW2?
Joseph Stalin
What country did Germany defeat first, Belgium or Denmark?
Denmark
What was the name of the Russian tank that helped defeat the nazis?
T-34
What was the year Britain fell to the Nazis?
They didn’t fall
Who was the first prime minister for Britain during WW2?
Neville Chamberlain
What battle did the Spitfire go against the Luftwaffe?
Battle of Britain
Give an example of a country that did not have partisans in it?
Any neutral countries (Britain)
What was the German jet fighter that came late in war that could have helped Germany if they built more?
Messerschmitt Me-262
Why was operation Barbarossa 6 weeks behind schedule?
Italy attacked Albania
