Battle of Britain
The battle involved the British (RAF) against the German
What is the Luftwaffe?
1940 saw France, Holland and Belgium become overwhelmed by German___________
What is blitzkrieg?
German forces invaded the __________________ on June 22, 1941, fewer than two years after the German-Soviet Pact.
What is the Soviet Union?
On December 8th, President _____________ delivered his famous “infamy” speech before the Congress
Who is Roosevelt?
The RAF stands for
What is The Royal Airforce?
The head of the Luftwaffe
Who is Goring?
Following Neville Chamberlain’s resignation on 10th May 1940, __________ became Prime Minister.
Who is Churchill?
After the Nazis made huge gains in the Soviet Union, the notorious Russian winter (nicknamed "______________") set in, German advances came to a halt.
What is General Winter?
The Japanese failed to destroy the U.S __________________________ during the attack on Pearl Harbor
What are aircraft carriers?
Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
Who is Yamamoto?
In August 1940, the Germans bombed British shipyards, industries, and cities, destroying entire neighbourhoods of this city
What is London?
British, French and Belgian troops found themselves trapped, surrounded and cut off by the Germans at this French port
What is Dunkirk?
Traditionally, Japan relied on industrial and natural resources from __________.
What is the U.S?
Japan had a long-standing plan to expand their empire in the Pacific, the US economic __________ was just a pretext for war rather than a trigger
What is embargo? Or What are sanctions?
Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II.
Who is Tojo?
The Luftwaffe bombed British ports and cities with the intent to weaken British will to fight. This bombing campaign was nicknamed this
What is the Blitz?
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. The war in the west starts and the so called ________ War ends.
What is Phoney?
In the 1930s, Japan invaded resource-rich __________ and had further plans to create an empire in the Pacific
What is Manchuria?
Japan sought to develop ideology based on Pan-Asianism, ‘Asia for the Asians’ through this
What is the the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity?
Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor--December 7, 1941-- he was selected by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be the commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific Fleet
Who is Nimitz?
This gave the RAF (Royal Airforce) a strategic advantage over the Luftwaffe
What is RADAR?
British and French troops trapped at Dunkirk, a full-scale evacuation begins known as Operation_________.
What is Dynamo?
On the morning of _____________ Japan attacked the US fleet at Pearl Harbor
What is December 7th?
Because Japan could not be pursued to give up its ambitions, _______ became inevitable and just a matter of timing
What is war?
Code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union
What is Operation Barbarossa?