pre WW2
the annexation of Austria
what was the Anchluss?
Alliance between France, Britain and Russia that collapsed from Russian communism
What was the Triple Entente?
Germany's strategy to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns.
What is Blitzkreig?
The British and German Airforces
What was the Royal Air force (RAF) and Luftwaffe?
The Tyrannical dictator of Germany during WW2
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Policy adopted by the US to ensure non-involvement in military and political matters
What is Isolationism?
A treaty of friendship between Mussolini and Hitler
what is the Rome-Berlin Axis?
When a country uses all resources to fight war, commonly targeting civilains
What is Total War?
Mobilising an Airforce to attack
What is a scramble?
who was Emperor Hirohito?
Part of Czechoslovakia where the German speakers lived
What is the Sudetenland?
Alliance between three countries who were wronged by the Treaty of Versailles
What was Germany, Italy and Japan's Axis Alliance (1940)?
A series of defences built by the French
What is the Maginot line?
Code name for battle of Britain
What was Operation Sea Lion?
The Prime Minister of Britain during WW2
Who was Winston Churchill?
Japan did not get this from the Treaty of versailles
What is Racial equality clause?
A Pact against communism incase the Soviet Union invade
What was the Anti-Comintern Pact between Japan, Germany(1936) and eventually Italy (1937)?
South East of France that sides with the Nazis
What was Vichy France?
The Aerial Bombing of English towns for 76 nights
What is the Blitz?
The Head of the Luftwaffe
Who was Herman Goering?
Germany asks for army restrictions to be lifted, caused Hitler to leave the League of Nations
What was the World Disarment Conference?
A pact that meant Hitler could invade Poland and avoid a two front war
What was the German-Soviet Non-Aggression?
The evacuation of Dunkirk
What was Operation Dynamo?
Women who tracked the Luftwaffe in the women's Auxiliary Airforce
What were Plotters?
The creator of Fascism and the Dictator of Italy during WW2
Who was Benito Mussolini?