Chapter 14 Section 2 Flashcards

1
Q

A French town in which around 300,000 allied soldiers are brought to safety in Britain, saving them from the nazi advance

A

Dunkirk

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2
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The new prime minister of Great Britain, he replaced Neville chamberlain

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Winston Churchill

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3
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The fight between Germany’s Luftwaffe, or Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Great Britain

A

Battle of Britain

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4
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Hitlers plan to conquer the Soviet Union

A

Operation Barbarossa

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5
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Congress allowed president Roosevelt to sell or lend materials to our allies

A

Lend lease act

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6
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Issued by Roosevelt and Churchill, it is an agreement to work together against the nazis

A

Atlantic charter

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7
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The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941

A

Pearl Harbor

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8
Q

Hitlers “lightning war”

A

Blitzkrieg

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9
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The time period between hitlers invasion of Poland and his war with France

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Phony war

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