chapter 21 section 3 Flashcards

1
Q

took place with great speed and force

A

Blitzkrieg

Lightning war

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2
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after a month of fighting

A

Poland surrendered to Hitler

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3
Q

France moves along the ______

A

Maginot Line

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4
Q

Germany moves along the __________ fortifications in the __________

A

Siegfried Line

Rhineland

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5
Q

no fighting for 7 months

Poland surrenders —– next military encounter

A

Phony War

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6
Q

Soviets invade

A

Poland and Finland

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7
Q

Hitler invades

A

Denmark and Norway

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8
Q

Germany gains outlet to

A

Atlantic ocean

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9
Q

realization to France and Britain

A

hitler is an immediate threat to us

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10
Q

New English Prime Minister

A

Winston Churchill

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11
Q

allied troops attempt to escape from _______-

A

Dunkerque

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12
Q

May 27- June 4

A

338,00 men transported to england

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13
Q

Hitler’s failure to attack

A

allowed Britain to regain its strength

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14
Q

after dunkirk, France was left to

A

fight alone on the European continent

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15
Q

June 14,1940 Germans

A

entered Paris

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16
Q

German troops occupy

A

Northern France including Paris

17
Q

french leader willing to surrender to Germany

A

Philippe Petain

18
Q

German controlled Govt of France

A

Vichy France

19
Q

Germans controlling govt of france referred to

A

Puppet government

20
Q

led free french movement

A

Charles de Gaulle

21
Q

secret movement to undermine the Germans

A

Free French movement

22
Q

hitler’s airforce

23
Q

continued fighting to defend Britain

Britian’s airforce

A

Royal Air Force

RAF

24
Q

in the neutrality acts the U.S. could not

A

sell war equipment to belligerent nations
could not make loans to these countries or sail on their ships
restricted from entering war zones

25
people who said europe's war should not concern the United States were
isolationists
26
President Roosevelt moved 50 old destroyers to Britain
destroyer Deal
27
congress passes
first national draft law
28
president can supply war materials to Great Britain on credit
Lend-Lease Act
29
the Atlantic Charter was attended by
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
30
U.S. announces
democratic goals shared by Britain and the U.S.A.