ww2(part7) Flashcards
(23 cards)
United States involment
America practiced isolationism didn’t participate in ww11 after two years.
what happens on March 12, 1938 and what was it called.
Germany annexes Austria. this is called the Anschluss
Sudetenland
is a German land that was part of Czechoslovakia.
who is the British prime minister
Neville Chamberlain
Munich Pact
Chamberlain appeased Hitler, agreeing to let him have Sudetenland if he agreed not to take more of Czechoslovakia.
Appeasement
Giving in to someone’s demands in order to avoid conflict
what happens in March 1939
Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
True or False
Czechoslovakia was full of resources for the Nazi war machine.
true
what happens on Aug 23, 1939:
Nazis & Soviets sign a nonaggression pact, agree not to go to war
what happens on September 1, 1939
Nazi troops enter poland
Blitzkrieg
“Lightning War”
what was the Phony War
First 6 months of war there were no major land battles or hostilities.
Both Hitler and the Allies were waiting and planning their Spring offensive.
what happens on April 1940
April 1940 Hitler invades Denmark
on May 1940…
Hitler invades Belgium, Netherlands & France
what happens on may 15&28
May 15: Holland surrenders
May 28: Belgium surrenders
Dunkirk.
British troops were forced into retreat and were cornered on the French coast at the town
T or F It took Germany only 6 weeks to conquer France
True
Southern France would be an “independent state” with it’s capital thats in ……
Vichy
Luftwaffe-
the German Air Force of fighters
The London Blitz
when Hitler began bombing British civilians in an attempt to break the will of the British people.
how many nights did London get bombed
57 consective nights straight
Operation Barbarossa
when Germany broke their pact with the Soviet Union and invaded Russia on June 22, 1941
