WWII Flashcards
Allies
Great Britain- Churchill
France-Degawl
US-FDR
Axis
China-Mao Germany-Hitler Italy-Mussolini Japan- Hirohito/Tojo Soviet Union- Stalin USSR
Attack weapons
Tanks
Planes
Ships
Another name for a tank
Panzer
Defense weapons
Radar
Sonar
Anti-aircraft guns
What was the black shirts?
The nickname given to the SS
Goering
German general
In charge of the Luftwaffe (Air Force)
Hitler’s chosen successor
Air Force was greatest in war at the beginning
Captured at end of war and sentenced to death
Killed self with cyanide
General Patton
US general
Nicknamed old boots and guts
Controversial
Yamamoto
Planned attack on Pearl Harbor
Rommel
Germany general Nicknamed Desert fox Panzer commander One of the most successful generals Accused of being in plot to kill hitler Given choice to kill self or be killed
Barbie
Head of gestapo
Germany general
In France for most of war
Yamashita
Tiger of Malaysia
Ruthless to those of Malaysia and Singapore
Bradley l
Us general
Led troops on Omaha and Utah beaches
Eisenhower
Supreme allied commander
Built us tank corps
Designed invasion of Normandy
5 star general
Generals/ admirals for Germany
Rommel
Goering
Barbie
Generals/admirals for Great Britain
Montgomery
Generals/admirals for Japan
Yamamoto
Yamashita
Generals and admirals for the us
Arnold Patton Bradley Eisenhower Nimitz MacArthur
Montgomery
Defeated Rommel in Africa
Nimitz
Proved the value of magic
Arnold
Defender of female pilots commander of army air force
D-day
Operation overlord 6/6/44 US and GB vs Germany Eisenhower in charge Changed course of war Changed course of war by pushing back Germany
What happened on 12/7/41?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
What’s was the battle of Stalingrad’s nickname?
Operation Barbarossa
Lend/lease
A bill proposed by FDR that gave him the right to sell lend or lease military supplies to any nation deemed vital to the defense of the US
Von Hindenburg
German president
Appointed Hitler chancellor
Ford
Was for the war and nazism
What was maginot line and why did it fail
It was the frenches system of heavily armed steel and concrete bunkers that stretched miles across the German border.
Failed Bc canons were the wrong way and Germans attacked from behind
What did hitler want to study?
Art
What was Mein kempf
Hitler’s book “ my struggle”
How did WWII in Europe start?
It started after Germany tried to invade Poland