WWII Vocabulary Flashcards
The name of a series of acts passed in the US to keep the US out of growing conflict in Europe.
Neutrality
Means “lightening war”
Blitzkrieg
British city that the Germans blitzed for 57 consecutive nights
London
Germain Air Force
Luftwaffe
German “puppet state” set up in France that was located in this city
Vichy
Last name of the Spanish general who won the Spanish Civil War fought from 1936-1939
Franco
This term means to give into the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace
Appeasement
The invasion of France to liberate her was referred to by this simple name
D-Day
The siege in this Soviet city was especially vicious
Leningrad
At this conference, the Big Three agreed that the Soviet Union would enter WWII against Japan within three months of Germany’s surrender
Yalta
It means the union of Austria and Germany
Anschluss
Last name of the German general known as the “Desert Fox”
General Erwin Rommel
This term means the opposition to all war
Pacifism
What was Hitlers planned invasion of the Soviet Union?
Operation Barbarossa
The name of Hitlers planned invasion of Great Britain
Sealion
