WW2 Pt2 Flashcards
Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister
ULTRA
Britain method of decoding German messages
RADAR
Radio detecting & ranging
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican nominee 1940
Conscription law
FDR past, WW2 draft
The Destroyer Deal
FDR transferred 50 destroyers to Britain, Britain granted use of 8 naval bases
Lend-Lease Plan
US to lend/lease war supplies to Britain & others
Operation Barbarossa
Operation by Hitler to invade Russia, backfired
Greer, kearny, Reuban James
German subs that attacked US
Axis Powers
Germany, Japanese, Italy
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Axis powers aimed to establish domination of the east, aimed to seize French & Dutch colonies, British colonies & China
Burma Road
Allied supply route to China, sealed off by Axis powers
General Hideki Tojo
Led warlike government in Japan
Battle of the Atlantic
Confronting German subs, exercised use of RADAR & SONAR
North Africa
Attempted to seize by German and Italian forces
General Erwin Rommel
Commanded German & Italian forces in North Africa & D-Day
El Alamein
Where Rommel reached in Egypt with troops
General Bernard Montgomery
Led attack by British against Germans in North Africa
Vichy-French lands
Nazi controlled lands aimed to be seized by US, success
May 1943
Final Axis surrender of Africa
General James B. Doolittle
Led raid on Tokyo by the Allies, did little real damage
Battle of Coral Sea
May 1942, naval battle, tactical victory for Japan, strategic victory for US
Battle of the Midway
June 1942, Japanese goal to control Midway Island, US victory, balance of naval power in Pacific shifted to the US
Admiral Yanamoto
Japanese admiral during Battle of Midway
Admiral Nimitz
Led Pacific Fleet in Battle of the Midway for US
Battle for Guadalcanal
1942, invaded by Allies to take island from Japan
Shoestring
Allied attack on Guadalcanal
Battle of Savo Island
Japan tried sinking ships protecting US supply lines, US victory
Allies invaded Italy
1943, Mussolini overthrown
Bombing of Germany
British saturation bombing, US pinpoint bombing, slow process, high casualties
Dresden, Germany
Cultural central city destroyed by firebombers Feb 1945
D-Day
Via English Channel, June 1944, mislead Hitler’s intel system & biggest ally victory
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Led ally operation of D-Day
Calais
Where Nazis believed allies would attack from on D-Day
Normandy
Where Allies attacked from on D-Day
