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Define : Appeasement

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The policy of giving in to Hitler in order to keep peace

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Define : Fighter Command

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Part of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that fought in the Battle of Britain

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Define : Overlord

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Codename for D Day

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Define : Spitfire

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British plane that fought in the Battle of Britain

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Define : Radar

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Early warning technology that helped the RAF in the Battle of Britain

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Define : Axis

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Alliance between Italy, Germany and Japan

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Define : Operation Dynamo

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Codename for Dunkirk evacuation

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Define : Propaganda

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One sided messages such as those designed to keep up morale during WW2

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Define : Barbarossa

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Codename for German invasion of USSR

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Define : Sealion

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Codename for the German invasion of Britain

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Define : Blitz Spirit

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A propaganda message that suggested that Britons were coping well with the Blitz

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Define : Stalingrad

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The USSR defeated the Germans here: a key turning point

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Who was…? : Adolf Hitler

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Leader of Germany from 1933-45

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Who was…? : Winston Churchill

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British Prime Minister from 1940-45

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Who was…? : Hugh Dowding

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Leader of the RAF

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Who was…? : Harry Truman

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President of USA who ordered atomic bombs to be dropped

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Who was…? : Neville Chamberlain

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British PM associated with the appeasement of Hitler

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Who was…? : Hermann Goering

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Leader of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe)

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Who was…? : Dwight Eisenhower

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US General in charge of D Day

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What happened in…? : 1933

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Hitler became Chancellor of Germany

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What happened in…? : 1939 (Sept. 3rd)

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Britain declared war on Germany

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What happened in…? : 1940 (May - June)

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Evacuation of Dunkirk

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What happened in…? : Summer of 1940

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Battle of Britain

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What happened in…? : (Sept.) 1940-41

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Blitz German bombing of London

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What happened in…? : 1941

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Germany invades USSR in June; Japan attack Pearl Harbor Dec 7th

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What happened in…? : (June) 1944

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D Day: Allied invasion of France

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What happened in…? : (Aug.) 1945

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Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki so ending war

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