War in Europe

Question 1

Axis Powers (GI Joe)

Answer 1

Germany Italy Japan Later, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania

Question 2

Allied Powers

Answer 2

France Britain Later, U.S., U.S.S.R., China

Question 3

Phony War (“fake” war)

Answer 3

Early part of WWII where there was inaction (no military battles) in Western Europe Also known as sitzkreig=sitting war

Question 4

Maginot Line

Answer 4

A line of fortifications that were near impossible to break through

Question 5

Circumvent (go around) the Maginot Line

Answer 5

Germany knew it could not get through the Maginot Line, so it marched through the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg to get to France

Question 6

Rescue at Dunkirk

Answer 6

A miracle where 338,000 French troops were rescued by boat to England to avoid German attack

Question 7

Fall of France

Answer 7

1940 Signed an armistice with Germany when it could no longer defend its self

Question 8

Charles de Gaulle

Answer 8

French general in exile Kept a French government running in England and worked to reconquer France from Germany

Question 9

exile

Answer 9

When a leader or criminal is legally forced to leave their country, usually because of a crime or conflict

Question 10

Battle of Britain (fought entirely in the air)

Answer 10

Summer 1940 The Luftwaffe (German air force) bombed different cities in Great Britain, but Britain was able to use radar to know they were coming and attack back ***Germany did not take over Britain, proving that Hitler could be stopped

Question 11

London Blitz

Answer 11

When the Luftwaffe (German airforce) brought a surprise attack on Britain

Question 12

radar

Answer 12

A system that can detect when there is something coming, such as a plane, ship, or submarine

Question 13

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 13

The code name for Hitler’s plan to invade the Soviet Union

Question 14

Scorched earth strategy

Answer 14

As German armies moved into U.S.S.R., the Soviet people would take what resources they could and then burn everything else (crops, homes) so that the Germans would not have enough supplies to survive.

Question 15

Lend Lease Act (1941)

Answer 15

The U.S. decided to sell arms and other supplies to the Allied Nations. It was $50 million and showed that U.S. was no longer neutral.

Question 16

neutral

Answer 16

Not choosing to agree/support a certain side

Question 17

Atlantic Charter

Answer 17

FD Roosevelt (US president) and Churchill (Prime Minister Britain) declared that there would be free trade among nations and former colonies could choose their own government Lead to independence movements

Question 18

Pearl Harbor cause and effect

Answer 18

Cause: The US cut off the oil supply to Japan which meant that the could not use certain equipment (cars, planes, machines) Effect: Japan launched a surprise attack on the US navy harbor in Hawaii and the US officially joined WWII

Question 19

Pearl Harbor- When and what it was

Answer 19

December 7, 1941 (the day that will live in infamy) Japan attacked the US naval harbor in Hawaii with planes and submarines

Question 20

Suez Canal

Answer 20

A canal that connected Africa to the oil-rich Middle East (which makes you wealthy)

Question 21

Erwin Rommel (“desert fox”)

Answer 21

-A general that helped to push back British troops -Was known for being sneaky and a clever military man

Question 22

Battle of El-Alamein (Egypt)

Answer 22

British forces were able to stop Germany’s advancement toward Egypt with the help American forces

Question 23

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 23

-Turning-point on the Eastern front -Germany had nightly bombing raids on the Soviet city, but the Soviets fought back and caused the Germans to leave

Question 24

Invasion of Italy

Answer 24

-1943 American and British forces took the island of Sicily and removed Mussolini from power -Germany fought back and put Mussolini back in power, but then Germany fell and Mussolini tried to escape

Question 25

D-Day

Answer 25

-American and Canadian forces landed on the beaches at Normandy June 6, 1944 -September 1944 Allied forces crossed the german border

Question 26

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 26

Allied forces moved toward Germany on the West and Soviet Union forces in the East, both sides attacking Germany which eventually caused Germany to back down

Question 27

V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)

Answer 27

“Victory in Europe Day” Soviet Union surrounded Berlin, Hitler and his wife committed suicide which means that Germany had fallen May 9, 1945 was the end of war in Europe (but there was still fighting in the Pacific