World War II Terms

Can you name the terms connected to the World War II?

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Hint	Term
German submarine	U-boat
Soldiers that fight mostly on foot	Infantry
Secret effort by the Allies to make the first atomic bombs	Manhattan Project
German tanks and other armored vehicles	Panzers
A large military unit	Battalion
An area where Jews were forced by the Nazis to live	Ghetto
The German army in North Africa	Afrika Korps
Japanese suicide pilot	Kamikaze
Soldiers who dropped from planes by parachute	Paratroops
French forces in exile after 1940, led by De Gaulle	Free French
US agency for spies and sabotage	OSS
Use of radio waves to detect aircrafts	Radar
Small group of soldiers often 20 or so.	Platoon
Political system based on state ownership	Communism
Hand-held weapon that fires and explosive missile	Bazooka
An explosive device that detonates when struck	Mine
Political system in Italy and Germany from 1920s and 1930s	Fascism
The nations fighting against the Allies	Axis
Powered projectile that travels underwater	Torpedo
A small bomb thrown or fired from a rifle	Grenade
Very large warship with big guns	Battleship
Name for Germany under Nazi rule	Third Reich
German "lightning war"	Blitzkrieg
The mass murder of Jews and other minorities by Nazis	Holocaust
Armored land vehicle with a large cannon	Tank
Army unit with about 15,000 soldiers, guns and vehicles	Division
Members if the National Socialist German Workers party	Nazis
Soldiers specially trained to carry out surprise attacks	Commandos
Artillery gun that fires shells high in the air	Howitzer
The highest award for members of British forces	Victoria Cross
The German air force	Luftwaffe
The Nazi secret police	Gestapo
Disguise, such as mottled paint or clothing	Camouflage
Vehicle able to travel on water and land	Amphibious
Soldiers trained to land from ships	Marines
Marksman with a rifle, shooting from a distance	Sniper
Code name for Allied invasion of Normandy	D-Day
Deliberate damage to equipment or transport links	Sabotage
A war fought by people not part of regular armed forces	Guerrilla war
Small warship used to hunt submarines	Corvette
Britain's Royal Air Force	RAF
A stabbing knife fitted to the barrel of a riffle	Bayonet
The Resistance in Nazi-occupied France	Maquis
Rifle with a short barrel	Carbine
Highest army rank in British and German armies	Field marshal
Fighters opposing an enemy who has occupied their country	Resistance
A country not involved in war	Neutral
Highest rank in the navy	Admiral
Commander of an army and highest rank in US army	General
German machine for encoding secret messages	Enigma
B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb	Enola Gay
Sound-echo device for detecting submarines	Sonar

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