a german strategy to create disorganisation on the enemies side
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what was Dunkirk ?
a massive evacuation plan to evacuate the british off of a beach in france from when germany pushed english troops right back to the borders
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what was the operation to evacuate the soldiers called ?
operation dynamo
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how did the battle of britain start ?
by germany trying to fight the RAF because they knew they could not invade britian successfully with their strong air force
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what was the battle of britain ?
when germany fought the RAF in the air to try to eliminate an enemy
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how did the blitz come about ?
because one night german pilots got lost and accidentally bombed london and the germans carriedd on from that night because they thought it was an excellent idea
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how long did the blitz last ?
11 weeks from september to may
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why did Germany attack Russia ?
to eliminate one of their enemies and to take over more territory
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how did Germanys attack on Russia affect Russia ?
it ruined their industries and Germany had captured huge amounts of rich agriculture
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why did Japan enter the war ?
to eliminate Americas navy
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was Japan successful ?
yes very, the ended up taking over a lot of british and american land
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what happened in the battle of midway ?
america beat japan in an air battle
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what was the turning point for america in the war ?
when they started to push back japan island by island in the battle of midway
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what was the battle of stalingrad ?
russian forces began to push back the germans after 90,000 german soldiers surrendered
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what did the british and americans do as a result of the battle of stalingrad ?
night and day air raids on germany itself
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what was el alamein nicknamed ?
the turning point of the war
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what happened on d-day ?
the british and french troops pushed back the german troops by landing on many different beaches
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what happened after d-day ?
Germany surrendered and the war was over
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how was japan stopped ?
by all the allies (britain,america,france,russia) because they had more time on their hands as germany had surrendered, so they could put an end to the war once and for all
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
what was Blitzkreig ?
Back
a german strategy to create disorganisation on the enemies side
Card 3
Front
what was Dunkirk ?
Back
Card 4
Front
what was the operation to evacuate the soldiers called ?
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