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 |