World War 2 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 blitzkrieg | Lightning war strategy used by Germany against Poland |
| phony war | name for the preparations for war in the west before the Germans attacked; also called sitzkrieg |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII |
| Dunkirk | city in the northwest corner of France where the allied troops were trapped by the advancing Germany Army. 800 British ships, ranging from warships to fishing boats, crossed the channel from England to rescue over 300,000 British and French troops. |
| Marshal Henri Philippe PĂ©tain | This aging leader of France accepted defeat to the Germans, which allowed him to keep a very small portion of the south of France to himself under the puppet government of Vichy France |
| Pierre Laval | Ruler of the Vichy in southern france during WWII. He believed the collaborating with germany was the best way to survive. |
| Vichy France | this portion of France was the portion that was not occupied with Germany but followed Germany's every command |
| Charles de Gaulle | a French general who set up a government-in-exile in London; committed all his energy to re-conquering France after the occupation, organized Free French military forces→ French liberation in 1944 |
| Operation Sea Lion | name for Hitler's plan to invade Britain by both air and sea |
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