1. WWII Begins Terms

2. Appeasement Definition: Giving into an aggressor to keep peace.
Who: France, Great Britain, and Germany
What: At the Munich Conference, France and Great Britain gave Germany the Sudetenland.

4. Non-Aggression Pact
Who: Germany (Hitler) and Soviet Union (Stalin) What: The Soviet Union and Germany secretly made a pact not to attack one another and to divide Poland between them. When: August 1939

5. Nazi’s and Joseph Stalin

6. Blitzkrieg
Definition: A new kind of “lightning war.” This concentrated on putting airplanes and tanks in strategic locations to break through enemy lines. Who: Germany used this method in Poland. September 1, 1939=WWII begins.

7. Blitzkrieg

9. Maginot Line
Who: Great Britain, France, and Germany What: A fortified line of defenses along the border with Germany. German troops bypassed the line and invaded France. Where: Located on the border of Northern France and Western Germany

10. Maginot Line

11. Battle of Britain
Who: Great Britain’s RAF (Royal Air Force) and Germany’s air force (Luftwaffe) What: After Hitler defeated France he wanted to invade Britain. Battle of Britain was a battle for control of the skies over Great Britain. When: 1940

12. Battle of Britain RAF vs. Luftwaffe

15. Lend-Lease Act
Who: The United States and the Allied powers. What: This law allowed the president to loan $7 billion worth of weapons and supplies to Britain. When: March 1941

17. Atlantic Charter
Who: Roosevelt (United States) and Churchill (Great Britain) What: They both signed a charter in which they agreed to work for peace after the war ended. When: August 1941

19. FDR and Neutrality