world war II

Question 1

blitzkreig

Answer 1

a tactic of surprise attack beginning with heavy bombing of an area by the german air force (luftwaffe) followed closely by panzer tanks and finally by the infantry

Question 2

maginot line

Answer 2

series of fortifications along the french-german border

Question 3

scorched earth

Answer 3

destroying anything useful to the enemy

Question 4

blitz

Answer 4

bombing of british cities at night time by the luftwaffe

Question 5

evacuation

Answer 5

children from cities were sent away to live with families

Question 6

fascism

Answer 6

a form of gov that a one party based on dictatorship based on a nationalistic ideas of racial superiority

Question 7

rule by decree

Answer 7

making laws without going through parliment

Question 8

lebensraum

Answer 8

‘living space’ for ethnic germans - the plan to expand germanys territory

Question 9

gestapo

Answer 9

hitlers secret police

Question 10

anschluss

Answer 10

the joining together of germany and austria in the third reich

Question 11

appeasment

Answer 11

agreeig to hitlers demand in the hope of avoiding war

Question 12

sudetenland

Answer 12

the majority german-speaking regions of czechoslovakia