6 Major events of WW2 Flashcards
The Major events
- The fall of poland
- Germany Attacks in the west
- The fall of chamberlain
- the evacuation of dunkirk
- The Battle of Britain
- Operation Barbarossa
- The entry of USA in WW2
- The war in africa
- The soviet advance
- D-Day
- VE-Day
USSR
The union of Soviet social republics
Blotzkreig
lightning attack
the german airforce
the luftwaffe
Quisling
a term for a traitor originating from norway
Operation Dynamo
- 26 May - 4 June
- A loss
- The evacuation of allied troops from dunkirk
Operation Sea lion
The operation to attack britain from the sky and the seas
Major British aircrafts
Spit fires and Hurricanes
Major German aircrafts
Messerschmitt
Radar
and early air defence warning system that can detect large objects coming towards you
Ultra
the breaking of the german coding sytstem
Operation Barbarossa
- The official breaking of the Nazi Soviet pact
- The invasion of the USSR
Non- belligerent
they aren’t fighting directly but helping the other opponent
The cash and cary
allowed nations to purchase weapons and other good in cash and they had to carry them themselves
the lend lease act
Allowed the USA to loan weapons of the president thought that their defence was essential to that of the USA
Leningrad
The port has been under siege most of the war
moscow
the capital which germany was determined to capture
stalingrad
where some of the most bitter fighting occurred
D-Day
target date
Operation overlord
the operation launched whereby the allies invaded europe
PLUTO
Pipe Lines Under The Ocean
Kamikaze
suicide pilots - planes loaded with explosives were flown away by pilots to crash directly into enemy ships
Germany surrendered on
8 May 1945
When did the war officially end
2nd September 1945
