Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The first winter after the France and the UK declared war on Germany they stayed put right behind the Maginot line, and people called it this…
|
Phony War
|
|
|
The safe retreat of 300,000 British troops across the British channel took place at...
|
Dunkirk
|
|
|
British Prime Minister who urged the Brits to fight against the German’s
|
Winston Churchill
|
|
|
Also known as Operation Sea Lion, included the Blitz of London
|
Battle of Britain
|
|
|
Name of Hitler’s attempt to take over Russia
|
Operation Barbarossa
|
|
|
Act that allowed Roosevelt to sell or lend war materials to “any country the President deems vital to the defense of the US
|
Lend-Lease Act
|
|
|
Japanese attack on American fleet in Hawaii
|
Pearl Harbor
|
|
|
Hitler’s fast moving, “lightning war”
|
Blitzkrieg
|
|
|
Military device used to detect planes
|
Radar
|
|
|
Military device used to detect submarines
|
Sonar
|
|
|
How did the Axis powers achieve victories in 1939 and 1940?
|
By using air and land power
|
|
|
How did operation Barbarossa affect the Battle of Britain?
|
It helped the Brits by diverting Hitler’s attention towards Russia
|
|
|
What goals did Japan pursue in Asia?
|
To conquer China and gain European possessions in Southeast Asia
|
|
|
Why did General Tojo order a surprise attack on the US?
|
To keep the US from interfering in their plans to take over lands in Asia and the Pacific
|
