ImPoRtAnT TeRmS To KnOw: ChApTeR 14 Soldiers of invaded countries who continued to fight the occupying force. ‘Lightning war’ that used air power and speed to defeat opposing armies. The six months after the outbreak of World War II when there was no conflict. The period when German planes were bombing London between 1940 and 1941.
Tactic in warfare whereby an army destroys all resources of use to the opposing army (e.g. food, buildings, roads).
The codename given to the Allies’ plan to lead an invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. The first day of this invasion was codenamed D-Day.
The name given to Deliverance Day when the Allied troops invaded France. The name given to the day of victory over Germany by the Allies.
Meaning ‘divine-wind’ in Japanese, these pilots would fly their planes into ships to destroy them.
The name given to the day of victory over Japan by the Allies. The Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews living in Europe.
The name given to the extermination of up to six million Jews during World War II. Countries whose governments followed orders from another country. The period of World War II, between 1939 and 1945, in Ireland.