WWII Key Terms & Names (Correctly solved!)
Nonagression Pact correct answers Germany (Hitler) and Russia (Stalin) agree not to declare war on each other. blitzkrieg correct answers "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 Charles de Gaulle correct answers French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile () Winston Churchill correct answers As prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill rallied the British people during WWII, and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory. Battle of Britain correct answers An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. Erwin Rommel correct answers Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of German's most popular generals during World War II, and gained his enemies' respect with his victories as commander of the Afrika Korps. Implicated in a plot to overthrow Hitler, Rommel took his life in 1944. Atlantic Charter correct answers 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war Isoroku Yamamoto correct answers Yamamoto Isoroku, perhaps Japan's greatest strategist and the officer who would contrive the surprise air attack on U.S. naval forces at Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor correct answers hundreds of Japanese warplanes, launched from aircraft carriers far out at sea, attacked the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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