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"lightning war," the military technique used by Germans for rapid offensive movements. It was a choreographed dance where multiple elements of the military created chaos to weaken defenses of the other side. Invented by British Fuller and Littleheart, but the Germans were the first to use it.
- Allied Powers
- Anschluss
- Appeasement
- Axis Powers
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of The Coralsea
- Battle of El-Alamein
- Battle of Guadalcanal
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Battle of Midway
An alliance during World War II made up of the countriesthat opposed the aggression of Nazi Germany. Britain, France,the United States, and the Soviet Unionwerethe most prominent members, although many other countries also joined.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s doctrine of Germanpolitical union with Austria, which effectively enabledGermany to annex that nation in March 1938.
The British and French policy of conceding to AdolfHitler’s territorial demands prior to the outbreak of WorldWar II. Associated primarily with British prime minister NevilleChamberlain, the appeasement policy enabled Hitler to systematicallytake over the territories of several neighboring countries.
The collective term for Germany, Italy,and Japan’s military alliance in opposition to the AlliedPowers. Several smaller countries in Eastern Europe alsobecame members of the Axis Powers temporarily.
An extended campaign from July 1940 tothe spring of 1941 in which British airforcesfought off wave after wave of German bombers and deniedGermany in its quest to attain air superiority over Britain. Althoughmajor cities in England sustained heavy damage, the British resistanceforced Germany to abandon its plans to invade across the EnglishChannel.
A battle from May 4–8, 1942,in which U.S. naval forces successfully protected the Allied baseat Port Moresby, New Guinea, the last Allied outpoststanding between the Japanese onslaught and Australia.The battle, which caused heavy losses on both sides, was the firstnaval battle in history fought exclusively in the air, by carrier-basedplanes.
An October and November 1942battlethat was the climax of the North African campaign. A resoundingvictory by the British over the Germans, the battle paved the wayfor the Allied takeover of North Africa and the retreat of Germanforces back across the Mediterranean.
A campaign from August 1942 toFebruary 1943 inwhich U.S. Marines fought brutal battles to expel Japanese forcesfrom the Solomon Islands, a strategically importantisland chain in the South Pacific near Australia.
A battle in February and March 1945 inwhich U.S. forces took Iwo Jima, a small but strategically importantisland off the Japanese coast. During the battle, an AssociatedPress photographer took a world-famous photograph of U.S. Marinesraising the American flag on the summit of Mt. Suribachi.
A battle from June 3–6, 1942,in which U.S. naval forces severely disabled the Japanese fleetat Midway Island in the Pacific. Coming close on theheels of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle ofMidway forced Japan into defensive mode and turned the tide of thewar in the Pacific theater.
Here’s a list of some of the soldiers’ language that they saw emerging during and immediately after the war. In October 1941, the journal republished part of a “Glossary of Army Slang” that had...
Apr 20, 2010 · World War II, or the Second World War[1] (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
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