WW II Aggression/Battles in Europe
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hitler annexed (added) this country to his territory; the Anschluss (not a battle) | Austria |
| Hitler grabbed this territory of German speaking people from Czechoslovakia | Sudetenland |
| Meeting of European powers to disscuss Hitler's aggression (Austria and the Sudetenland) | Munich Conference |
| European response at Munich--peace at all cost | appeasement |
| lightning war against Poland (and Britain) | blitzkrieg |
| capital/country Germany captured in only 6 weeks of fighting (revenge for WW I | Paris, France |
| worst battle in Europe; the Russians stopped the German advance (turning point in Eastern Europe) | Stalingrad |
| after victory in North Africa, the Allies invaded "the soft underbelly of Europe" | Italy |
| the greatest land/sea invasion in history on Normandy Beach (turning point in the West) | D-Day |
| code name for the D-Day invasion | Operation Overlord |
| the final German offensive | Battle of the Bulge |
| Germany surrendered on May 1945 | V-E Day |
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