Germany Sparks a New War
What was Hitler's "lightning war" strategy called?
Blitzkrieg
What beaches did the allies retreat to?
Dunkirk
Who is Britain's prime minister?
Winston Churchill
What did Stalin sign with Hitler?
The ten-year nonaggression pact
How many troops did the British rescue?
338,000
Luftwaffe
What was the name of Hitler's plan to invade the USSR?
Operation Barbarossa
What act allowed for the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the United States?
The Lend-Lease Act
The war between Germany and the Allies on the Maginot Line was also called? (HINT: Nothing Happened)
The "sitzkrieg, the sitting war, the phony war"
About how many ships were sent to Dunkirk during Britain's rescue?
850
What countries did Hitler force to join the Axis Powers in 1941?
Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary
Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly and issued a joint declaration called what?
The Atlantic Charter
After the nonaggression pact was signed, what country did Hitler plan on attacking first?
Poland
What two devices did the RAF have that helped in their favor?
The radar and Enigma (German code-making machine)
What French general set up a government-in-exile in London?
Charles de Gaulle
After thinking that German forces had fired at a US destroyer, who actually fired at the US?
Japan