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GR.10 WW2 (DEFINITIONS) Flashcards

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Fat Man/Little Boy

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Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan’s surrender.

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Scorched Earth

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Military strategy of destroying resources to impede an enemy’s advance.

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BCATP

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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, a WWII initiative for aircrew training.

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St. Louis

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Ship carrying Jewish refugees denied entry to the U.S. during WWII.

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Operation Overlord

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Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D-Day).

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Panzer

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German tank division during WWII.

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Anschluss

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Annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938.

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Juno

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One of the five beaches of Normandy where most Canadians landed on D-Day.

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D-Day

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Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

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CWAC

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Canadian Women’s Army Corps, women’s branch of the Canadian Army during WWII.

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Elsie Macgill

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First female aircraft designer in the world, pivotal in Canadian aviation during WWII.

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Camp X

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Secret spy training camp in Canada during WWII.

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Operation Barbarossa

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German invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII.

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Sitzkrieg

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“Phoney War” or the period of inactivity on the Western Front early in WWII.

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Kristallnacht

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“Night of Broken Glass,” a violent anti-Jewish pogrom in Germany in 1938.

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Benito Mussolini

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Fascist leader of Italy during WWII.

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Kamikaze

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Japanese suicide pilots during WWII.

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Sudetenland

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The ethnic German region in Czechoslovakia.

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Nazi-Soviet Pact

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Non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939.

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Jude

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A derogatory term used by Nazis for Jewish people.

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Zombies

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Canadian soldiers opposed conscription that were deployed in 1944 (~16000 soldiers)

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Auschwitz

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Infamous concentration and extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

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Kanada

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German storehouses filled with Jewish belongings.

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Luftwaffe

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German Air Force during WWII.

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VJ Day

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Victory over Japan Day, marking the end of WWII.

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VE Day

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Victory in Europe Day, celebrating the end of WWII in Europe.

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Maginot Line

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French defensive line against German invasion during WWII.

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Nuremberg Laws

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Anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany, leading to persecution of Jews.

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Operation Jubilee

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The Dieppe Raid, a failed allied assault on German occupied France in 1942.

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Mein Kampf

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Autobiography and political manifesto by Adolf Hitler.

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Lebensraum

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Nazi ideology of territorial expansion to provide living space for the Aryan race.

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Joseph Stalin

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Premier of the USSR during WWII.

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Wehrmacht

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German armed forces during WWII.

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Radar

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Technology used for detecting and tracking objects in WWII for air defense.

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Aryan

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Term used by the Nazis to describe the “racially superior” Indo-Europeans.

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Enigma

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German encryption machine and code during WWII.

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Operation Husky

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Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.

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Blitzkrieg

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Lightning warfare, a fast and intense military campaign.

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Pogrom

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Violent attacks against a particular ethnic or religious group, often targeting Jews.

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Emperor Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan during WWII.

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SS

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Schutzstaffel, elite paramilitary unit of the Nazi Party.

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Ghettos

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Segregated areas where Jews were forced to live in Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Operation Sea Lion

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Nazi Germany’s plan for the invasion of Britain (not executed).

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Stuka

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German dive bomber used during WWII.

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Shoah

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Hebrew term for the Holocaust.

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