WW2 - terminology Flashcards
blitzkreig
lightning warfare
german tactic
hit on place hard then attack from all sides
force them to surrender
their finest hour
part from churchills speech
has to do with battle of britain
“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.”
operation sea lion
hitler launched it
was the plan to invade england
luftwaffe
german air defense
corvette
canadian patrol boat tasked with chasing and sinking u boats
wolf packs
u boats that hunt together
convoys
merchant ships sailed in groups
black pit
an area in the middle of the atlantic that could not be covered by air defense because airplanes couldnt make it that far
losses here were very high
africa korps
the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II
vandoos
french canadian troops
royal canadian 22nd army
pronounced wrong
in italy
soft underbelly of europe
italy 1943
desert fox
a nickname for erwin rommel
german general
command economy
system where the government, rather than the free market, determines what goods should be produced, how much should be produced, and the price at which the goods are offered for sale. It also determines investments and incomes.
rationing
controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand
income tax
temporary(not really) tax to fund war and reduce inflation
