WWII Battles
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Poland | Germany first used blitzkrieg style warfare in this country |
| sitzkrieg | sitting down war |
| Operation Sea Lion | Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during World War II |
| Battle of Britain | first battle during Churchill's administration |
| Battle of Britain | of this battle Churchill said |
| Winter War | Russians forced the Finns out of power in Finland |
| Afrika Korps | unit that Hitler set up in North Africa to help the Italians |
| Panay Incident | when the Japs sanks an American gunboat in China |
| Pearl Harbor | site of the Japanese attack on the US that brought the US into the war |
| Operation Torch | the code name for the Allied Invasion of North Afirca led by Eisenhower during World War II |
| Battle of the Bulge | Nazis last great offensive battle |
| Battle of the Java Sea | The Japs sank most the American ships and advanced to Australia |
| Battle of the Coral Sea | the first naval battle where the opposing sides did not see each other |
| Battle of Midway | the U.S. Navy broke the back of the Japanese |
| Battle of the Philippine Sea | this battle took place the same time as the assault on Japan |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf | Naval Battle/ Japanese almost lost all of their ships |
| Iwo Jima | some of the most desparate fighting in human history took place on this volcanic island |
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