ww2 Flashcards
2 main points about Hitler
Nationalist Socialist Party
Elected by the people then rose to power
when did hitler invade Czechoslovakia?
march 15 1939
when did Hitler invade Poland
September 1 1939
What ‘war’ took place after Poland’s invasion and where was it?
The Phoney War: 7 Months of British troops at Belgium border
Wehrmacht meaning?
Armed Forces
Blitzkrieg meaning?
Lightning war
Kristalnacht meaning?
Night of Broken Glass: nazis attacked Jewish people and property
BCATP?
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
C.D. Howe was what?
Minister of department of munitions and supplies
The blitz
45 nights of Germans bombing England civilians and streets
Operation Sea Lion
Invasion of Britain: take out Britain’s Air Force, bombing campaign began July 10, 1940
Why did Hitler start his invasion of USSR early?
He was suspicious of Stalin when he took over Balkans in 1940
Victory in Japan day
September 2 1945