ww2 Flashcards
What triggers WW2
Germany attacks poland in sept 1939
How was Germany deterred from taking poland
Brits and French made a treaty with poland
What becomes the first Jewish Ghetto
Warsaw poland
Why does soivets go on the offensive in early 1940
brits and france were too focused on Germany
result of Soviets attacking finland in 1939
Finns fight back and against them because stalin already killed everyone
why didnt French attack germany when germany when germany was attacking Poland
They set up major defensive walls in the Maginot Line
How did Germans intially trick the Brits and french
they swung under the schlieggen plan and attack them from underneath
where did he main attack from the germans on allies come from
the aragon forrest and go underneath them
What happens at Dunkirk
got 338k allied troop were evacuated off the beach
French response post Dunkirk
French govt declared Paris an open city and fled
Who is Prime minsister post French surrender in Paris
Marshal Henri Petain who was a verdun guy
When did French surrender
June 1940 in a railcar
what happens to southern france post french surrendering
Petain runs south france under his rule, vichi was the ruling city
Who was the opposing force of Petain
Charles Degaulle and his Free French government
name of german airforce
Luftwaffe
Battle of Britian was what
an airbattle between RAF and Luftwaffe
British big airforce advantage
Radar
Who was the head of the German army in Egypt
Rommel named the Desert Fox
What was Operation Barbarossa
Hitlers plan to overtake Moscow
When did Operation Barbarossa start
June 22 1941, very late
When was the turning point of WWII
1942
What was the turning point in N africa
el Alamaiin
Turning point in Europe in WWII
StalingradW
Who led the stalin army in stalingrad
Zhukov and Chuikov
