Chapter 14 Section 2 Flashcards
A French town in which around 300,000 allied soldiers are brought to safety in Britain, saving them from the nazi advance
Dunkirk
The new prime minister of Great Britain, he replaced Neville chamberlain
Winston Churchill
The fight between Germany’s Luftwaffe, or Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Great Britain
Battle of Britain
Hitlers plan to conquer the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa
Congress allowed president Roosevelt to sell or lend materials to our allies
Lend lease act
Issued by Roosevelt and Churchill, it is an agreement to work together against the nazis
Atlantic charter
The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
Hitlers “lightning war”
Blitzkrieg
The time period between hitlers invasion of Poland and his war with France
Phony war