Lecture #4 Identifications

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Across
  1. 4. succeeds Gamelin as French supreme commander
  2. 5. German radar navigation device known as "crooked legs"
  3. 8. German medium range bomber quickly pulled from combat during the battle of Britain
  4. 10. French WWI hero who becomes leader of Vichy France
  5. 12. Gamelin delegated control of French forces in northeaster France before the German invasion
  6. 15. British scientist who experimented with bounding radio waves off distant planes to detect their approach
  7. 16. codename for proposed German invasion of Britain: Operation _________
  8. 17. Germans use this radar navigation system which allowed for more accurate bombing
  9. 18. fierce critic of French policy in the '30s who became premier but lacked a following in parliament
  10. 19. French minister of war under Reynard in spite of the two men despising each other
Down
  1. 1. indecisive French supreme commander of land forces
  2. 2. commander of RAF Fighter Command
  3. 3. Londoners use this as a bomb shelter
  4. 6. commander of the German navy
  5. 7. vocal critic of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy who becomes British Prime Minister
  6. 9. French general who refused to surrender, fled to London, and set up a government in exile there
  7. 11. British minister for aircraft production who insisted on producing Hurricanes and Spitfires
  8. 13. British pilot credited with 25 kills by October 1940
  9. 14. German pilot who was credited with 45 kills by November 1940