WW2

blitzkrieg warfare

lightning war, planes bomb first then tanks break through defenses and soldiers clean up anything left

phoney war

first six months of the war because the allies did nothing despite pledging support and declaring war

vichy government

french pro hitler government in the south of france

luftwaffe

german air force

operation eagle

germanys plan to defeat the RAF with the luftwaffe

operation sea lion

german navy would the invade

blitz

bombing of major British cities, London bombed over 72 times.

operation Barbarossa

german invasion of the USSR, over 3 million troops.

stalingrad

german forces push forward after winter had passed, battle happened on the streets

operation uranus

russians encircled germans army and took them down, germans lost two thirds of the army.