| A | B |
|---|
| appeasement | Giving someone or another country whatever they desire in order to keep the peace |
| Axis power | Italy, Germany, Japan |
| Allies | Great Britain, U.S., Soviet Union |
| Sept. 1, 1939 | Invasion of Poland. Starts WWII |
| Non-aggression pact (Nazi-Soviet Pact) | Hitler and Stalin's agreement to not attack each other at the start of WWII. |
| Luftwaffe | German Air Force. Commanded by Hermann Goering. |
| RAF | Royal Air Force of Great Britain. |
| Charles De Gaulle | Head of the French Resistance. |
| Blitzkrieg | "Lightning War". Airplanes led the attack, followed soldiers and then tanks (mechanized units) |
| Maginot Line | Major defensive wall meant to protect France from invasion. Germany just went around it to invade them. |
| Evacuation of Dunkirk | Massive evacuation of British and French troops from Europe after German troops had completely surrounded them. Allies left a lot of supplies behind. |
| Vichy France | Nazi controlled half of France. A puppet leader was put in place to rule |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Great Britain during the war. |
| Radar | new invention during the Battle of Britain. Helped the British win the battle. |
| Battle of Britain | German Luftwaffe vs. the RAF in Britain. Won by the invention of the radar |
| Operation Barbarossa | German invasion of the Soviet Union. This is where Hitler violates the Nazi-Soviet pact and betrays Stalin |
| Battle of Stalingrad | This was the last stronghold of the Soviets. The Germans were defeated and had to retreat all the way to Germany. |
| General Erwin Rommel | "The Desert Fox". Main Nazi commander in Africa and was in charge of the Atlantic wall in France. |
| Describe the fall of France and the Battle of Britain. | After Hitler violates peace, he invades France by surprise and goes around the Maginot Line. France is defeated very quickly. Hitler then turns to attack Britain but cannot land any troops and tries to eliminate them by continuous bombing but is defeated by the RAF. |
| Why did the Axis and Allies fight? | Axis wanted total world domination to expand into large empires by any means necessary. Allies wanted to stop that and all of the violence and senseless killing |
| Conflicts in the Mediterranean and Eastern Front | Sicily, Italy and Greece. Sicily was won by the Americans (Patton). This was because the Allies wanted to attack Germany and France from the South. Eastern Front was mainly fought between the Soviets and Germans. Germany was fighting a two front war. |
| Summarize the events that led to war and U.S aide to Allies | Germany starts WWII in Sept. 1939 by invading Poland. Japan had already taken land and invaded China before that. The U.S. gives help to Britain (Lend- Lease Act) and other Allies in order to help, but still stay out of the war. |
| D-Day | June 6th, 1944. Allies invade German controlled France on 5 major beaches. |
