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Describes the Nazi Blitzkrieg style of war fair |
The German Air Force the luftwaffe, bomb to airfields factories in cities in Poland then fast-moving tanks and troops push their way in from the west |
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What happened during the miracle of Dunkirk |
German troops poured into France trapping there retreating British forces at Dunkirk
British vessels of all kinds across the English Channel and ferried more than 300,000 British troops to safety |
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What was Vichy France |
German forces occupied northern France and in the Southbay set up a puppet state known as vichy France |
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What was operation Sea lion |
The invasion of Britain In August 1940 German bombers begin bombing military targets along England southern coast 19 months later the Luftwaffe began 57 nights of the blitz |
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What was the blitz |
Showering high explosives and fire bombs on London |
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Which county general was very successful in war in north Africa |
Erwin the desert fox Rommel |
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How long was Leningrad How many died |
Stood the 2 1/2 years age in which more than 1 million Soviets died |
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Who became the targets to Eradicate as Hitler attempted to create the master Aryan race in Europe |
Jews and political potent slobs gypsies homosexuals and disabled as racially inferior were sent to concentration camps |
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How many Jews were killed in the holocaust how many others |
6 million Jews 6 million others |
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What was the lend lease act |
FDR persuaded Congress to pass the lend lease act allowing the US to become the arsenal of democracy Meaning we were only able to help other countries if it benefited the US |
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What event prompted the US to declare war against Japan |
Japanese airplanes from the American fleet in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 |
