Mod 22 Lessons 1 & 2 Vocab

An agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another.

• Non Aggression pact

• Blitzkrieg

• Battle of Britain

• Atlantic Charter

A form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast-moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces

• Non Aggression pact

• Blitzkrieg

• Battle of Britain

• Atlantic Charter

A massive aerial, designed to terrorize the British people into surrendering

• Non Aggression pact

• Blitzkrieg

• Battle of Britain

• Atlantic Charter

Match the following terms

• Charles de Gaulle

• President of France from 1958 to 1969. As a French general during World War II, he helped organize resistance to Germany and Vichy control of France.

• Winston Churchill

• German general during World War II; he commanded the Afrika Korps and was nicknamed the Desert Fox for his leadership.

• Erwin Rommel

• a declaration of principles issued in August 1941 by British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt, on which the Allied peace plan at the end of World War II was based.

• Atlantic Charter

• British prime minister; he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II.

Japan's most prominent naval officer during World War II, he planned the attack on Pearl Harbor and was responsible for the later Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway.

• Yamamoto, Isoroku

• Hirohito

• Erwin Rommel

• Hiroshima

U.S. naval base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese, Dec. 7, 1941, precipitating U.S. entry into World War II.

• Midway

• San Diego

• Pearl Harbor

• Guam

A 1942 sea and air battle of World War II, in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of France

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of France

American general, he commanded U. S. troops in the southwest Pacific during World War II

• Chester Nimitz

• Erwin Rommel

• Douglas MacArthur

• George Patton

A 1942–1943 battle of World War II, in which Allied troops drove Japanese forces from the Pacific island of Guadalcanal.

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Iwo Jima