Allies or Axis
Important Terms
Battles & Operations
Important Places
Weapons/Technology
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Britain
What is Allies?
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The German word for "Lightening War"
What is Blitzkreig?
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The attack launched on the British by the Germans to control the air and the sea.
What was the Battle of Britain?
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The name of the first city that got hit by an atomic bomb
What is Hiroshima?
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The use of sound waves to detect something under water such as enemy submarines.
What is sonar?
200
Italy
What is Axis?
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A policy of giving in to another to please them and avoid war or a conflict
What is Appeasement?
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The code name of the invasion of the Soviet Union
What is Operation Barbarossa?
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The place where 5,000 Canadian troops attempted to defeat the Germans in 1942, but were defeated.
What is Dieppe?
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The number of ships sank in Canadian waters by during the Battle of the Atlantic. 11 21 31
What is 21?
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Japan
What is Axis? Japan was attempting to take over the Pacific countries to gain more space for the Japanese. Similar reasons as Hitler so they joined forces. Japan occupied China, Honk Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Philippines, Malaysia and many more... Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, BC was attacked by a Japanese submarine in 1942
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A period of time at the beginning of WWII when no major action took place, hence the name.
What was the Phony War?
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This battle eventually won by the British was fought in Egypt for control of the Suez Canal
What is the Battle of El Alamein? The Italians waged war on Egypt (a British protectorate) but were not equipped and called for German back up. The Germans fought a tough fight but were defeated by the British and did not get access to the Suez Canal (important oil resources and passage point)
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The country that was liberated by Canadian troops on May 5, 1945
What is Holland? After D-Day Canadian troops fought in Europe for a year pushing the German armies out of occupied France and Western Europe. The liberation of Holland was an important victory for Canada and pushed Germans further back towards Germany.
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The smaller warships used by the Canadian Navy to protect merchant ships?
What are corvettes?
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United States
What is Allies? They entered the war after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, but they had been supplying Britain and the allies before this.
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The policy enforced by Hitler that stated "inferior" races should be conquered by "superior" races to give them more living space.
What is Lebensraum? This was part of the NAZI racial program and was Hitler's justification for the Holocaust and the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Another name for Operation Overlord
What is D-Day or the Normandy Landing?
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The location where the war crimes court was set up to prosecute Nazi war criminals.
What is Nuremberg? 177 NAZIS were indicted and charged with starting the war and crimes committed during the Holocaust. Several were hanged while some were given long prison sentences.
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Either nickname given to the 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan.
What is Little Boy or Fat Man? Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima killing 78,000 people and another 60,000 died of injuries and disease. Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki killing over 35,000 people.
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Soviet Union
What is Allies?
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The name of the German airforce
What is Luftwaffe?
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This battle marked turning point for Japan in the Pacific after being defeated by the US while attempting to conquer a group of islands near Hawaii.
What is the Battle of Midway? Americans intercepted a Japanese fleet attempting to take the Midway Islands. This was the first defeat by the Japanese leading to American control of the seas.
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The British colony in the Pacific where Canadian troops were defeated by the Japanese. The troops either died or were taken as Prisoners of War.
What is Hong Kong? Canada declared war against Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbour. They were sent to fight in Hong Kong which was the first time Canadians saw active battle in the war. Unfortunately, they were no match for the Japanese.
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The name German cipher machine, which enabled the British to receive and decode German messages
What is Enigma? The British were able to get ahold of this device before the invasion of Poland in 1939 and used it to decipher German war plans throughout the war.
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