Modern World History: Chapter 16 Section 1

the strip of territory cut through Germany to allow Poland access to seaport, from Versailles, led to Baltic Sea

1939-Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland

"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 1939

Line of defense built by France to protect against German invasion. Stretched from Belgium to Switzerland.

British and French against the Germans, both sides never fought, Hitler later invades denmark

the heavily wooded area that Germany went through in order to squeeze past the Maginot Line and attack France

a city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire

Marshal Philippe Petain, french hero from WWI, head of puppet government in France when they lost control to the Germans.

Puppet state established by Germany in southern france after the German invasion

French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)

a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic

British Prime Minister who promised never to back down and was against appeasement from the start

British Air Force

German Air Force

an aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance

The forces Hitler sent to Africa under command of General Erwin Rommel to regain German lands there. Specifically Libya.

German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)

codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.

In the Soviet Union, was a three year siege. 660,000 Soviets died of starvation and disease before Germans retreated. The battle was significant for the bravery of the Soviets against the Germans.

series of laws passed by Congress in 1935 that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war

policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.

allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S

1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war