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WW2 Flashcards

1
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What event started WW2?

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Invasion of Poland

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2
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When was the invasion of Poland?

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Sept 1 1939

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3
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When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?

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September 3 1939

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4
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What was the phoney war?

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Lack of action on the western front between defeat of Poland and April 1940.

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5
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When did the soviets join the war?

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September 29 1939

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6
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What was Hitler’s first move of the war?

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Invasion of Norway

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7
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When was the invasion of Norway?

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April 8 1940

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8
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When did Churchill take over?

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1940

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9
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What was operation Dynamo?

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British navy evacuated soldiers trapped in Dunkirk

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10
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Why was Dunkirk seen as a success?

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Moral victory (they lived)

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11
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When did France surrender?

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June 22 1940

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12
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When was the evacuation of Dunkirk?

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May 27 - June 4 1940

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13
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Why was it significant to Britain when France surrendered?

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Because it meant they were along in the war

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14
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Why did France fall so quickly?

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Thought the attack would be similar to ww1
tanks were used defensively 
Air Force < Luftwaffe 
Political division in France 
Maginot line
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15
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What was Operation Sea Lion?

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Germany invading Britain

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16
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When was Operation Sea Lion?

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July 10 - September 30 1940

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17
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Despite being outnumbered why was the RAF successful?

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Spitfire - British fighter plane had superior manoeuvrability
Radar
Enigma

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18
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What turning point happened in the summer of 1943?

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Until 1942 Hitler was sinking allied ships faster than the could build them
With radar and convoy systems allowed them to turn things around

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19
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Why was the Battle of the Atlantic so significant?

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It meant that North American goods could reach Europe

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20
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Why did Germans invade USSR

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Lebensraum
Resources - bread and caucasus oil fields
destroy communist rival

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21
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When was operation Barbosa?

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June 22 1941

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22
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What was Stalin’s scorched earth policy?

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Soviets retreat destroying everything they left behind

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23
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How did Hitler miscalculate with Barbarossa?

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Length of battle - went through winter
Stalin moved factories eastwards
Stalin launched counteroffensive to save Moscow

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24
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Why was Stalingrad significant?”

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It made hitler be on the defensive
denied access to caucasus oil
booted Russian morals

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25
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What was significant about Kursk?

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Largest tank battle in history

26
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Why was North Africa the strategic centre?

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Suez canal

oil

27
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When was the battle of El Alamein

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October 23 1942 - November 3 1942

28
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What happened in the battle of El Alamein?

A

Montgomery’s desert rats defeated Rommel

29
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What was operation torch?

A

Lead by Eisenhower the Allies land in Morocco and Algeria and Montgomery comes from east and they trap germans in tunisia

30
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When was Operation torch?

A

December 1941

31
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Why was operation torch a turning point?

A

Paved the way for the liberation of Italy and western Europe

was americas first military action

32
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When was Tehran?

A

Nov - Dec 1943

33
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When did the Italian campaign start?

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July 9 1943

34
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When did Rome fall

A

June 1944

35
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Why was the Italian campaign important?

A

Step to liberation of Europe

Preoccupies germany

36
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What was operation overlord

A

D Day

37
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When was D Day

A

June 6 1944

38
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When did the allies march into Paris

A

Aug 12 1944

39
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What was Operation Market garden

A

American forces dropped behind enemy lines in the Netherlands and were slaughtered

40
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What was Germany’s last offensive attempt

A

Battle of the bulge

41
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When did Berlin fall to soviets

A

May 2 1945

42
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When did Germany surrender

A

May 7 1945

43
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Why did Japan bomb pearl harbour?

A

They needed oil and rubber from dutch East Indies which they did take over
They thought that America’s navy in the pacific had to be eliminated in order for them to become a big empire

44
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When was pearl harbour

A

Dec 7 1941

45
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What was the Tripartite Pact

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In 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy promised to support each other if attacked

46
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What was the first American attack against Japan

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Doolittle raid Aug 18 1942

47
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What did the battle of the coral sea prevent

A

Japan access to Australia

48
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When was the battle of midway

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June 1942

49
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Why was midway significant

A

Turning point in pacific war

showed the importance of naval aviation

50
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When did American’s island hop

A

1943

51
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When was the battle of the philippine sea

A

June 1944

52
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Why was the battle of the philippine sea important

A

allowed America to take control of the Marianas island where b29 bombers could reach japan

53
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What was significant about the battle of Leyte gulf

A

largest naval battle in history
Japan lost 1/2 of their fleet and got cut off from oil
Kamikaze pilots were introduced

54
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When was Iwo Jima

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Feb 1945

55
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When was Okinawa

A

April - June 1945

56
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What was the manhattan project

A

America developed atomic bombs

57
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When and what bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

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Little boy on Aug 6 1945

58
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When and what bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?

A

fat man on aug 9 1945

59
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When did Japan surrender?

A

Aug 14 1945

60
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What happened at the Wannsee Conference

A

Planned to exterminate the jewish people

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