World War2 Flashcards
What is blitzkrieg
First the air force bombed them Then large numbers of tanks poured in to destroy them finally land soldiers came in
What happened in Dunkirk
The British Expeditionary Force was sent to assist the French but was defeated and trapped at Dunkirk. In a large-scale naval operation known as Operation Dynamo, the British successfully evacuated over 300,000 British and French soldiers using around 900 ships, including fishing boats and yachts.
What is hitters foreign policy
Lebensraum: Hitler aimed to expand Germany to provide “living space” for ethnic Germans, creating a greater Germany known as the Third Reich.
Name 3 impacts of world war 2
1.Over 60 million people died, and many cities were destroyed.
- The US and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers.
3.The United Nations (UN) was established in 1945.