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chapter 21 section 3 Flashcards

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1
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took place with great speed and force

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Blitzkrieg

Lightning war

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after a month of fighting

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Poland surrendered to Hitler

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3
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France moves along the ______

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Maginot Line

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Germany moves along the __________ fortifications in the __________

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Siegfried Line

Rhineland

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no fighting for 7 months

Poland surrenders —– next military encounter

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Phony War

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Soviets invade

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Poland and Finland

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Hitler invades

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Denmark and Norway

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Germany gains outlet to

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Atlantic ocean

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realization to France and Britain

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hitler is an immediate threat to us

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New English Prime Minister

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Winston Churchill

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allied troops attempt to escape from _______-

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Dunkerque

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May 27- June 4

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338,00 men transported to england

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Hitler’s failure to attack

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allowed Britain to regain its strength

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after dunkirk, France was left to

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fight alone on the European continent

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June 14,1940 Germans

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entered Paris

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German troops occupy

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Northern France including Paris

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french leader willing to surrender to Germany

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Philippe Petain

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German controlled Govt of France

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Vichy France

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Germans controlling govt of france referred to

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Puppet government

20
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led free french movement

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Charles de Gaulle

21
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secret movement to undermine the Germans

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Free French movement

22
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hitler’s airforce

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Luftwaffe

23
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continued fighting to defend Britain

Britian’s airforce

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Royal Air Force

RAF

24
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in the neutrality acts the U.S. could not

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

25
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people who said europe’s war should not concern the United States were

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isolationists

26
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President Roosevelt moved 50 old destroyers to Britain

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destroyer Deal

27
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congress passes

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first national draft law

28
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president can supply war materials to Great Britain on credit

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Lend-Lease Act

29
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the Atlantic Charter was attended by

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President Roosevelt
and
Winston Churchill

30
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U.S. announces

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democratic goals shared by Britain and the U.S.A.

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