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'''World War II''' was the largest war in history. It is essential that every student learn basic facts about this important event. | '''World War II''' was the largest war in history. It is essential that every student learn basic facts about this important event. | ||
Many countries were involved in World War II, and many lives were lost. | |||
==Glossary== | ==Glossary== | ||
*Appeasement - British and | *Appeasement - British and French political strategy of ceding territory to Hitler in return for his promise that he will not ask for any more. | ||
*''[[Anschluss]]'' - 1938 invasion and annexation of Austria by Germany | *''[[Anschluss]]'' - 1938 invasion and annexation of Austria by Germany | ||
*Armor - Tank units | *Armor - Tank units | ||
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*[[Wannsee Conference]] - January 1942, Nazis decide to exterminate the Jews. | *[[Wannsee Conference]] - January 1942, Nazis decide to exterminate the Jews. | ||
*''Wehrmacht'' - the German army (not including the SS) | *''Wehrmacht'' - the German army (not including the SS) | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[World War I]] | |||
* [[History]] | |||
* [[Allies of World War II]] | |||
[[Category:Wars]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:24, 27 November 2010
World War II was the largest war in history. It is essential that every student learn basic facts about this important event.
Many countries were involved in World War II, and many lives were lost.
Glossary
- Appeasement - British and French political strategy of ceding territory to Hitler in return for his promise that he will not ask for any more.
- Anschluss - 1938 invasion and annexation of Austria by Germany
- Armor - Tank units
- Blitzkrieg - "Lightning war". German tactics including rapid penetration with tanks, dive-bomber attacks, and disruption of Allied rear areas
- D-Day - First day of Allied invasion of Normandy, featuring paratroop drops and amphibious beach assaults
- Gestapo - Nazi secret police, known for torturing their victims
- Holocaust - Organized murder of six million Jews by Germany.
- Lebensraum - breathing space, rationale for German land conquests in the east.
- Luftwaffe - German air force
- Munich Agreement - Treaty where Great Britain and France gave up part of Czechoslovakia in an act of appeasement.
- Operation Market Garden - Allied attempt to invade Holland, capture intact bridge across the Rhine, and end the war by Christmas 1944
- Operation Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy, starting with D-Day.
- Operation Torch - Allied invasion of North Africa (landings in Tunisia and Algeria)
- Panzers - German tanks
- Stukas - German dive bombers fitted with sirens to sound scary as they make their attacks
- Sudetenland - Mountainous region in northern Czechoslovakia with a local German majority
- V-E Day - May 8, 1945. Germany surrendered. Victory in Europe.
- V-J Day - August 15, 1945. Japan surrendered. Victory over Japan.
- S.S. or Schutzstaffel - elite German army units personally loyal to Hitler. Ideologically motivated, and involved with many war crimes including the Holocaust
- U-boat - German submarine
- Wannsee Conference - January 1942, Nazis decide to exterminate the Jews.
- Wehrmacht - the German army (not including the SS)