Definitions (World War Two Part 1)

Question 1

Acquisitions

Answer 1

The act of the government acquiring about something

Question 2

Amphibious

Answer 2

Water and land vehicles

Question 3

Armour

Answer 3

Armoured vehicles such as; tanks

Question 4

Artillery

Answer 4

weapons (such as guns, howitzers, and rockets) for large bore mounted firearms

Question 5

Blitzkrieg

Answer 5

A German word for lighting war, which is a surprise force of combination and concentration

Question 6

Campaign

Answer 6

A series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective

Question 7

Censorship

Answer 7

The supression of books,films, news, and etc that are considered onscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security

Question 8

Civilian

Answer 8

A person that is not in the armed force or the police force

Question 9

Combatant

Answer 9

A person or nation engaged in fighting during a war

Question 10

Conscription

Answer 10

Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into armed forces

Question 11

Coup d’etat

Answer 11

A french saying for the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group.

Question 12

Front

Answer 12

The foremost line of defence part of armed forces, this is where most of the war engagement is

Question 13

Infantry

Answer 13

Soldiers that are trained, armed and equipped

Question 14

Kriegsmarine

Answer 14

The Navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945

Question 15

Luftwaffe

Answer 15

The German armed and air defence forces tasked together

Question 16

Merchant Navy

Answer 16

A fleet of commercial ships that are not used for military purposes

Question 17

Non-Combatant

Answer 17

A person who is not engaged in fighting during a war, especially a civilian or army`

Question 18

Rationing

Answer 18

Controlling the amount of resources; food, water, good and services or artificial restriction of demand

Question 19

Reconnaissance

Answer 19

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features

Question 20

Theatre of War

Answer 20

A military term for where armed conflict is taken place in different parts of the war

Question 21

Total War

Answer 21

A military conflict where the rival are willing to make sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory

Question 22

Untermensch

Answer 22

A German word for a person considered racially or socially superior

Question 23

Wehrmacht

Answer 23

A German word for defence power