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World War 2
Junior Cert History
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Blitzkrieg | Lightening warfare |
Evacuation | to leave |
Operation dynamo | Evacuation of British troops at Dunkirk |
Operation Sealion | Germany attacks Britain |
Luftwaffe | German airforce |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
Blackouts | No light showing |
Anderson Huts | Place to hide during bombing |
Operation Barbarossa | Germany attacks Russia |
Scorched Earth Policy | Russian troops burn everything as they retreat |
oil | Lots in Russia. Needed for the war |
Operation Overlord | Allies invade France and fight back against Hitler |
Whet were the beaches in Normandy called? | Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword |
PLUTO | Pipeline under the ocean |
Enola Gay | Plane that dropped atomic bomb |
Hiroshima | City in Japan destroyed by atomic bomb |
Nagasaki | City in Japan destroyed by atomic bomb |