WW2

Question 1

Blitzkrieg

Answer 1

German term for lightening warfare. Involves the rapid movement of airplanes, tanks, and mechanized troop carriers. Resulted in early German victories over Belgium, holland, and France in ww2

Question 2

Vichy

Answer 2

French collaborationist government established in 1940 in southern France following defeat of French armies by the Germans

Question 3

Battle of Berlin

Answer 3

The 1940 nazi air offensive including saturation bombing of London and other British innovative air tactics and radar tracking of German assault aircraft

Question 4

Holocaust

Answer 4

Term for hitlers genocide of European Jews during ww2. It resulted in deaths of 6 million Jews

Question 5

Battle of the bulge

Answer 5

Hitlers last ditch effort to repel the invading allied armies in the winter of 1944-1945

Question 6

Pearl Harbor

Answer 6

American naval base in Hawaii. It was an attack by Japanese on this facility in December 1941. It crippled American feet in the pacific and caused entry of the US Into ww2

Question 7

Midway island

Answer 7

WW2 pacific battle. A decisive US victory over powerful Japanese carrier force

Question 8

United Nations

Answer 8

International organization formed in the aftermath of ww2. It included all of the victories allies. It’s primary mission was to provide a forum for negotiating disputes

Question 9

Tehran conference

Answer 9

A meeting among leaders of the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union in 1943. It led to the agreement of the opening of a new front in France

Question 10

Winston Churchill

Answer 10

British prime minister during WW2. He was responsible for British resistance to German air assaults