Flashcards: World War II
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HistoryofCrawford on February 17, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 appeasement | Giving in, hoping that they won't ask for more. |
| blitzkrieg | German for "lightning war." Hitler's WWII attack strategy. |
| Polish Corridor | A section of Germany that Poland controlled. |
| Vichy government | One of France's three WWII-era governments. A Nazi puppet government. |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of Britain during WWII. |
| Battle of Britain | When Germany bombed London. Also known as the "Blitz." |
| Holocaust | The mass slaughter of 6.5 million Jews (2/3 of Europe's Jewish population). |
| genocide | Attempting to kill or wipe out an entire group of people or race. |
| D-Day | When the Allied Powers landed at Normandy in France. |