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Benito Mussolini
Formed the Fascist party and was the leader of Italy for a while
Adolf Hitler
Leader of the Nazis and Germany
Enabling Act
The thing that made Hitler the leader
Operation overload
D-day/ the battle of Normandy
Island hopping
To bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead of trying to capture every island in sequence
Hitlers blunders during the war
- Attacking Soviet Russia in the winter
- Bombing British cities instead of the airfields
Why were the atomic bombs dropped
To get Japan to surrender and show off to the Russians
Operation Sea Lion
Germany’s code name for their attack on Britain
Operation Barbarossa
Nazis invasion of the Soviet union
D-day beaches
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword
Utah
U.S.
Omaha
U.S.
Gold
British
Juno
Canada
Sword
British
Atomic bomb names
Fat man, and little boy
Manhatten Project
The Nuclear development project in the U.S.
Scorched Earth Policy
The Russians destroying everything as they retreated so the Germans couldn’t have it
Blitzkreig
- Aerial assault first
- Tanks roll in after
- Troops follow
- Happens very fast, made to overwhelm people
Kamakazie
Suicide bombing tactic used by Japan where you fly a plane into the enemy
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive on the western front that happened in Ardennes
the battle of Stalingrad
A battle for the control of the city Stalingrad
WW2 start
September 1, 1939
When was D-day
June 6, 1944
When was Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
