Junior Certificate Exam
Terms from World War II are very popular in Q3. Remember to keep your answers brief for this question. Here are some of the most common terms:
Blitzkrieg; German military tactics involving heavy bombing from the air and rapid tank movements on the ground.
Lebensraum: term used for the creation of a German empire in Eastern Europe.
Blitz: German bombing campaign against British cities.
Operation Barbarossa: German invasion of Russia on June 22 1941.
Red Army: the name of the Soviet army.
Holocaust: the mass murder of the Jews of Europe.
Final Solution: name given to the mass murder of the Jews by the Nazis
Operation Overlord: the plan for the Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day).