| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Official start to WW2 in Europe | Sept. 1, 1939 |
| Where and who started WW2 | Germany attacked Poland |
| Blitzkrieg | German tactic that employed ALL armed forces attacking at once |
| 4 main Allied Powers | England, France, USSR, and USA |
| 3 main Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Why did Germany need to fight a "short" war | They were short on supplies and needed to use captured supplies |
| How did Germany use tanks differently | The Germans put them in attacking groups instead of spread out |
| What part did civilians play in Blitzkrieg? | They clogged the Allied roads and prevented reinforcements from arriving. |
| What was the Maginot line? | A system of French forts on the French/German border |
| What lesson should the Allies have learned from the German attack in Poland? | The tactic of Blitzkrieg |
| Where did the Germans attack that made taking France much easier? | The Germans attacked through the Luxembourg forrests. |
| Why was Norway so useful to the Germans? | Occupying Norway provided Germany with Iron Ore and ports for their navy. |
| RAF | England's Royal Air Force |
| Why did Germany need to eliminate the RAF? | Hitler ships could not invade without air superiority. |
| English radar | use of electronic waves to signal attack from German planes |
| Luftwaffe top targets | Radar stations, airfields, and war material factories. |
| Fascism | Belief that one group of people is superior to all others |
| Mussolini's declaration of war in June, 1940 | Italy joined Germany and it's takeover of Europe |
| Afrika Corps | German tanks and troops attacking from Morocco towards Egypt |
| b. of El Alamein | British led forces stopped Rommel's advance on Cairo and the Suez Canal |
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