| A | B |
|---|
| blitzkrieg | lightning warfare relying on swift movement |
| September 3, 1939 | start date of WWII |
| December 7, 1941 | date of Pearl Harbor attack |
| Dunkirk | French Port where Allied forces were trapped by Germans |
| English Channel | body of water separating Britain from France |
| Paris | capital of France |
| Winston Churchill | new British Prime Minister |
| Royal Air Force | British Air Force |
| Battle of Britain | mainly air war over Britain |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Allies | friendly forces in WWII |
| America First Committee | Americans who wanted to remain isolationist |
| Neutrality Acts | laws which allowed the U.S to sell weapons on a Cash and Carry basis |
| Lend-Lease Act | law which allowed U.S. to sell, len or lease war supplies to vital nations |
| Atlantic Charter | Agreement btwn FDR and Churchill that set goals for world security |
| Indochina | Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| General Tojo | Japanese official who planned the Pearl Harbor attack |
| Allied nations | France, Britain, Soviet Union, China and eventually the U.S. |
| Selective Training and Service Act | U.S. law which established a draft for WWII |
| Josef Stalin | leader of the Soviet Union |
