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Winston Churchill

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Prime minister of England, apposed Chamberlain and encourage England’s strong will

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FDR

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Franklyn D. Roosenlt, president af US in 1933-1945

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy and Japan opposing the Allies

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Eastern Front

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USSR and Poland, conquered by Germany

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Western Front

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France, conquered by Germany after Poland

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Nazi-Soviet Pact

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Agreement that Germany would not attack USSR; Broken in 1940

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Cash-Carry

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US allowing other nations to buy from them without breaking the neutrality acts, designed specifically for Britain

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Land-Lease

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US let Great Britain “borrow” land without expecting to get it back

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Munich Pact

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Britain and France agreeing to give Germany the Sudetandland portion of Checkslovakia (also an ex. of appeasement)

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Appeasement

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A policy involving giving an aggressive country what they want to avoid conflict

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September 1st, 1939

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The beginning of WW2, starting with Germany invading Poland

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League of Nations

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World powers joining forces to maintain global peace, including US, Britain, France, and Italy

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Neutrality Acts

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The US’s way of controlling their gov. and keep out of the war, prevents gov. from traveling or selling weapons

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Isolationism

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US policy to isolate from other countries and stay out of the war

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Lebensraum

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the “living space” Hitler believed was needed to grow the Aryan race

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Blitz Krieg

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Hitler’s war strategy; attacked with Planes first, then Tanks, then foot soldiers

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Maginot Line

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Concrete defenses by the French (trenches) built to prevent invasion.

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Phony War

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the 6 month period after Poland was conquered that no countries were active in the war

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Dunkirk

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French City that was invaded that greatly slowed Germany down

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Battle of Britain

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The war between GB and Germany that made no progress/ Hitler gave up

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RAF

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Royal Air Force, Britain’s air military that had radar technology

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Atlantic Charter

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Statement by US and GB staring their plans in the war; was sent out way before US joined the war

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Embargo

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When US had an “embargo” and stopped selling Japan scrap metal, and closed off the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping

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Operation Barbarossa

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When Germany invaded USSR, starting 1940

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