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| Comintern | Communist International |
| Anti-Commintern Pact | Between Japan and Germany, and later Italy, intended to stop the spread of Communism and any activities of the Comintern. |
| Anglo-German Naval Agreement | Allowed the German navy to be 35% of the size of Britain's navy - was in direct violation of the Versailles Treaty |
| When was the Saar returned to Germany? | In a 1935 plebiscite |
| After the Saar was returned to Germany, how large were Hitler's plans to rearm Germany? | 600,000 troops - six times more than the Versailles Treaty allowed |
| The Stresa Front agreement | Was intended to stop further violations of the Versailles Treaty - by Britain, France and Italy - soon becamse null and void because of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement |
| Where did Italy invade in October, 1935? | Abyssinia |
| What happened to Rhineland in 1936? | It was demilitarized |
| What convinced Hitler that further steps at conquest would not be met by much opposition? | The ineffective response and the weak resistance of Britain and France to Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia. |
| The Germans intended to mislead and intimidate the French by doing what in March, 1936? | Sending troops to remilitarize Rhineland. |
| Rome-Berlin Axis | Beginning of the axis powers - between Italy and Germany |
| The Phoney War | So called by the British - Both the Allies (British and French) and the Nazis settled behind their lines of defense and refused to move. |
| Blitzkrieg | German 'lightning war' - useing the overwhelming power of the German airforce (Luftwaffe), while the German ground attack chewed up the Polish resistance |
| Hitler became chancellor on: | January, 1933 |
| Sudetenland | Area in Czechoslovakia with 3 million Germans living there |
| The Stresa Front | Italy, Britain and France - to up hold Austrian independance |
| Of the territories that Germany took right after Britain declared war, which one was known for the Winter War (a courageous fight against the Germans) | Finland |
| Was Russia expelled form the League of Nations? If so, what year? | Yes, 1939 |
| How many British soldiers died in the Phoney War? | None |
| What political leadership change happened in May, 1940 | Neville Chamberlain was forced to resign and Winston Churchill became the new British Prime Minister |
| Who was General Charles de Gaulle | Leader of the Free French movement |
| Vidkun Quisling | Norwegian leader of the Nazi 'puppet' government in Norway - his name became synonymous with traitor |
| Operation Sea-Lion | Codenamed operation for Germans to cross the channel in July, 1940 |
| The Battle of Britain | July 10th, 1940 - Before 1941 over 20,000 Londoners were dead from the Blitz - many other cities had air raids, attacks from the Luftwaffe - as far as Glasgow in Scotland. |
| Government of Vichy | After France signed an armistice is was a pro-nazi gov. led by war hero of WWI, Henri Philippe Petain - in the French city of Vichy |
| Why did the French fall | Although there were equal numbers and equal equipment, the French felt they were safe behind the Maginot line - this was there fall |
| German Luftwaffe vs. the British RAF in the Battle of Britain | It had seemed that the German force outnumbered the British RAF, but because the German bombers, Stukas or fighter-bombers were too slow to compete with the RAF fighters, the Brits had the advantage. The Germans only had 20 minutes of fuel to fly over south-east England and the British has radars to track where the Germans were |
| Who is the commander of the Luftwaffe? | Goering |
| more on the Anti-Comintern Pact between:? To do what? | Between Japan and Germany - Promising secretly not to help the Soviet Union attack the other |
| What was Operation Barbarossa? | On June 22, 1941, Hitler sent out 3 million Nazi troops were sent into the Soviet Union along a front that stretched three thousand km. The Blitzkreig tactics were successful. The Soviet troops had been unorganized and unprepared to fight. |
| An obsession of Hitler's which would cost Germany the war: | The invasion of Russia and destruction of Communism. |
| How many German troops were sent to the Soviet Union in June, 1941 | 3 Million |
| Hiroshima | 1945, US atomic bomb in Japan - 80,00 died right away and another 80,00 died in the following few weeks |
| Kamikaze | First seen in the Battle of Leyte Gulf when Japanese pilots flew their planes, full of explosives, directly into US ships (suicide missions) |
| What was the largest sea battle in history? | The Battle of Leyte Gulf - fought by US and Britain against Japan over the Philippine Islands in 1944 - This battle cost the Japanese over 500 aircraft and many important sea vessels |
| What is the significance of Stalingrad? | In 1942, the Nazis mounted a massive attack on Stalingrad which was considered a key point in Russia's defense - The Soviets mounted a huge counter-offensive, forcing the Germans to surrender as they quickly gained back all of the land they had lost in '41 - The Soviets won this battle which marked a major turning point in the war in the East |
| The Afrika Korps | A combined Nazi and Italian forces |
| Operation Torch | A combined British and American force which invaded French Africa (Tunisia) - they defeated the Germans there and moved eastward across Algeria where they joined Montgomery's troops |
| At what time had all Axis forces been driven out of Algeria | May, 1943 |
| Operation Jubilee was the code name for: | The Dieppe Raid |
| Who was Pietro Badoglio? | Italian premier who signed Armistice with Allies |
| What is significant about Kursk? | It was the site of a great tank battle in Russia |
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