World War II Flashcards
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| 72166533 | Chamberlain | British Prime Minister responsible for appeasement policy | 0 | |
| 72166534 | Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis | Axis powers agreement; wanted to revise map | 1 | |
| 72166535 | Cordonne Sanitaire | French, SU and Czechoslovakia | 2 | |
| 72166536 | Anschless | annexation of Austria | 3 | |
| 72166537 | Munich Conference | Sell out betrayal of Czechslovakia | 4 | |
| 72166538 | Blitzkreig | air warfare bombing | 5 | |
| 72166539 | April Phony War | Hitler invades Norway then backs off | 6 | |
| 72166540 | Dunkirk | Allies facing water; needed boats; miracle | 7 | |
| 72166541 | Barbarrosa | Operation to attack Russia in 1941 because Hitler knows its gonna be a long war. | 8 | |
| 72166542 | Hirohito | Emperor of Japan | 9 | |
| 72166543 | Yamamoto | Naval Commander of Japan | 10 | |
| 72166544 | Doolittle | planned the first bombing of Japan | 11 | |
| 72166545 | Midway and Stalingrad | two turning points of the war | 12 | |
| 72166546 | Midway | Battle in which Americans cracked the Japanese code in 1942; sunk three aircraft carriers | 13 | |
| 72166547 | Coral Sea | victory here allowed Allies to keep Austria | 14 | |
| 72166548 | Montgomery | British 8th Army in North Africa | 15 | |
| 72166549 | El Alamine | Battle in North Africa in which one couldn't get enough oil to fuel the tanks | 16 | |
| 72166550 | Zhukov | Marshall of Soviet Union | 17 | |
| 72166551 | Dresden | fire bomb attacks in a circle as a payback for London bombings | 18 | |
| 72166552 | Overlord | Operation D-Day Nickname | 19 | |
| 72166553 | Bulge | Battle which was Hitler's last defensive; could not push through Antwarp coast | 20 | |
| 72166554 | Leyte | Battle of last Japanese aircraft carrier; largest naval battle in WW2 | 21 | |
| 72166555 | Curtis LeMay | developed idea of Island Hopping | 22 | |
| 72166556 | Okinawa | crucial island for island hopping | 23 |