Blitzkrieg means?
lightning war
Sitzkrieg means?
sitting war
The sitzkrieg happened after what military operation?
Invasion of Poland
Lebensraum means?
living space
At the Munich Conference was Czechoslovakia consulted?
no, the representatives of Czechoslovakia were not allowed to attend the Munich conference
What is the Atlantic Charter?
an agreement between the US and Britain that said if they were destroyed by Nazi tyranny, the other one would disarm the aggressor, free the seas, and make equal economic opportunities
Pact of Steel members
Italy and Germany
German air force?
Luftwaffe
How was the Battle of Britain won?
the British had the RAF and they had radar on their planes. Hitler didn’t have radar on his planes so the RAF was destroying Hitler’s planes faster than he could rebuild them
In 1931 Japan invaded what Chinese province?
Manchuria
When was Pearl Harbor bombed?
December 7, 1941
What battle is the turning point in the war in the Pacific for the Americans?
Battle of Midway
What did Winston Churchill say about the RAF?
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt say about Pearl Harbor?
“A date which will live in infamy.”
Code name for D-Day?
operation overlord
Why was the island-hopping technique successful?
American troops bypassed Japanese troops on islands that would not make good air bases.
V-E Day date?
May 8, 1948
First atomic bomb date?
August 6, 1945
V-J Day date?
September 2, 1945
Start of WW2?
September 1, 1949
Last major German offensive of the war?
Battle of the Bulge
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