Germany
"lightening war", the German strategy for invasion
What is blitzkrieg?
British prime minister at the beginning of World War II
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
"puppet" leader of the Vichy government
Who is Petain?
Finland
What is the first country the Soviet Union took over?
this country declared their support for the Soviet people when they were invaded
What is Britain?
reichsmarshall of the German Luftwaffe
Who is Hermann Goering?
September 3, 1939
What is the date that Britain declared war on Germany?
movement of French patriots who sabotaged any German work done in France
What is the Resistance?
Russian marshall in charge of defending Moscow
Who is Zhukov?
the island in which the first successful airborne force took it over
What is Crete?
the German invasion of this country started World War II
What is Poland?
the successful evacuation of over 300,000 British soldiers from the German advance
What is Dunkirk?
reduction of army to 100,000, war payments to Germany, no part in negotiations, take over of all sea ports, etc.
What are the conditions of the French surrender to Germany?
name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union
What is Operation Barbarossa?
Egypt and control of the Suez Canal
What is the reason why Italy invaded Greece?
the series of false alarms that Germany sent to Britain that resulted in no actual fighting
What is the Phony War?
the British decision to destroy this country's navy so it wouldn't be used against them
What is France?
prime minister of France when Germany invaded
Who is Daladier?
to create lebensraum, to eliminate communists, to kill "inferior" people, to use their resources
What are all reasons why Hitler wanted to invade the Soviet Union?
the massacre of 20,000 of these country's soldiers as a result of their country's invasion
What is Poland?
this battle resulted in the first German retreat of World War II
Battle of Moscow
the British government recognized this man as the leader of the French government
Who is De Gaulle?
What is June 22, 1941?
their job was to root out and kill "inferior" people (mostly Jews) in German occupied territories
What is the Einsatzgruppen?