Blitzkrieg Flashcards
Lend-Lease Program
U.S. lend or lease military supplies, money to nations vital to U.S.
Neutrality Acts
Neutral countries that do not engage in war, or buy, sell, or trade with countries at war
Selective Service Act
Peacetime draft
Port of Danzig
Reason Hitler invaded Poland, to unite German citizens
Blitzkrieg
Lightning war, using planes, tanks and infantry in rapid attacks
Maginot Line
Heavily fortified area between Germany and France
Sitzkrieg
7 months of no fighting
Dunkirk
French seaport; 338,000 troops evacuated and sent back to Britain
Charles de Gaulle
French military leader
Winston Churchill
British leader
Battle of Britain
Aircraft war over Britain
Operation Sea Lion
Hitler’s plan to invade Britain
Luftwaffe
German airforce
Enigma
British code breaking device
General Erwin Rommel (Desert Fox)
German general in charge of Africa