War Flashcards
Who were the allies
France (until june 1940)
England (and its empire)
USSR (june 1941)
US (11th december 1941)
Time line of events up until 1941
Sept 1939 - war begins
‘Phoney war’ up until end of 1939
May 1940 - holland, belgium and luxenburg are occupied (also parts of france)
May 1940 - british evacuation of dunkirk
June 1940 22nd - france surrendors
July-october 1940 - battle of britan
September - december 1940 - the blitz
What was the phoney war
the period at the beginning of WWII between September 1939 and April 1940 when there was little fighting.
What other countries were taken by germany in ww2
Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia, denmark, norway, greece, Yugoslavia
Who were the axis
Germany, italy, japan,
Also along with Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Romania, and Thailand
List of events up until 1943 from 1941
June 1941 - nazis invade the soviet union
December 1941 - germany army held up by russian winter
7th december 1941 - pearl harbor
June 1942 - american dive-bombers destroy the japanese aircradt carriers at the battle of midway
October 1942 - general montgomery’s troops defeat the nazis at El Alamein
What was the blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941,
What was the invasion of normandy called (dday)
Operation overlord
What was the invasion of britan called
Operation sea lion
What was the invadion of russia called
Operation barbarossa
All major events from 1943 to the 1945
Febuary 1943 - german general von paulus surrenders at stalingrad
July 1943- allies invade sicily and italy surrenders (operation avalancha - italy and HUSKY - sicily)
Autumn 1943 - hitlers forces on the eastern front defeated
June 6th 1944 - britan and the US invade france (dday)
August 1944 - allies arrive in Paris
All major events from 1945 to the end of the war
March 1945 - allies cross the rhine into germany
April 1945 - hitler commits suicide
May 1945 soviets in berlin - germany surrenders
August 1945 - cities of Niroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by atomic bombs to the the war in the far east
