World History: Chapter 27 Section 3

Front 1

What was Germany's strike on Poland that was done with great speed and force called?

Back 1

blitzkrieg

Front 2

What does this mean in English?

Back 2

lightning war

Front 3

What word refers to a German tank or armored truck?

Back 3

Panzer

Front 4

What does Panzer in English?

Back 4

armor

Front 5

Which defensive line did the French move their troops up to?

Back 5

Maginot Line

Front 6

Which system of fortifications in the Rhineland did the Germans move their troops up to?

Back 6

Siegfried Line

Front 7

What was the pause after the German invasion of Poland in which the French and British didn't respond called?

Back 7

Phony war

Front 8

This phony war was referred to as a what?

Back 8

sitzkrieg

Front 9

What does this mean in English?

Back 9

sitting war

Front 10

After the Soviet Union got their share of Poland (eastern) and the Baltic states, which nation did it attack?

Back 10

Finland

Front 11

The phony war ended with Germany's sudden invasion of which two nations that Germany eventually took control of?

Back 11

Denmark; Norway

Front 12

What are people who are willing to assist their country's enemies called?

Back 12

collaborators

Front 13

Who was the British prime minister who symbolized the policy of appeasement?

Back 13

Chamberlain

Front 14

When Chamberlain was forced to resign, who replace him?

Back 14

Churchill

Front 15

In attempt to take as much territory as possible before his opponents could respond, what three nations did Hitler attack and occupy?

Back 15

Belgium; Luxembourg; Netherlands

Front 16

What are these three nations called?

Back 16

Low Countries

Front 17

Which seaport in Northern France did Hitler encircle and isolate?

Back 17

Dunkirk

Front 18

How many men were safely evacuated from Dunkirk across the channel and to England?

Back 18

340,000

Front 19

Fill in the blanks: When Hitler's panzer leaders asked why their superior officers didn't allow them to attack the allies evacuating Dunkirk, the response was, "the _____ _____ _____".

Back 19

Fuhrer's; personal; order

Front 20

From which direction did the Germans now have an open path into France, away from the Maginot Line?

Back 20

north

Front 21

Which former hero of World War I formed a government, assumed dictatorial powers, and signed an armistice with Germany and Italy in France?

Back 21

Petain

Front 22

To which city did Petain's government move after Hitler occupied a large part of France?

Back 22

Vichy

Front 23

What was the part of France to the north and along the west coast that was occupied by Germany called?

Back 23

Occupied France

Front 24

What was the part of France to the south that was under the control of Petain's government and collaborated with Germany called?

Back 24

Vichy France

Front 25

What government was formed by people who escaped France and went to Africa or England?

Back 25

Free French government

Front 26

Which general was the leader of the formation of the Free French government?

Back 26

Gaulle

Front 27

Where was the headquarters of the Free French government?

Back 27

London

Front 28

What were members of some of the resistance groups against Germany called?

Back 28

maquis

Front 29

This is a French term for what?

Back 29

scrubby undergrowth

Front 30

Which nation was now left to take on the Axis powers alone?

Back 30

Great Britain

Front 31

Fill in the blanks: After the fall of France, French general predicted that Great Britain would "have her _____ _____ like a _____ in _____ weeks."

Back 31

neck; wrung; chicken's; three

Front 32

Fill in the blanks: Churchill's response to this was: "Some _____! Some _____!"

Back 32

chicken; neck

Front 33

Hitler's air force was called the what?

Back 33

Luftwaffe

Front 34

What is the period of the heaviest air attacks on Great Britain called?

Back 34

Battle of Britain

Front 35

Which British city was burned almost to the ground?

Back 35

Coventry

Front 36

The British air force was called the what?

Back 36

Royal Air Force

Front 37

What is the new electric tracking device that could detect the number, speed, and direction of enemy aircraft or ships in darkness, fog, or clouds called?

Back 37

radar

Front 38

Which nation used this device to its advantage?

Back 38

Great Britain

Front 39

Fill in the blanks: Of the British fighter pilots that maintained control of the air and prevented German invasion across the channel, Churchill said, "Never in the _____ of human _____ was so much _____ by so _____ to so _____."

Back 39

field; conflict; owed; many; few

Front 40

Which act expressed the United States' determination to remain neutral in future wars?

Back 40

Neutrality Act

Front 41

What were the Americans who believed that Europe's wars were of no concern to the United States known as?

Back 41

Isolationists

Front 42

Who was the President of the United States at this time?

Back 42

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Front 43

By executive agreement, what type of ship did the Americans give Great Britain? (plural) How many of these ships would the US give them?

Back 43

destroyers; 50

Front 44

What type of naval vehicle did destroyers destroy?

Back 44

submarines

Front 45

In return for destroyers, Great Britain gave the United States long-term leases on British naval and air bases in which three areas?

Back 45

Guiana; Newfoundland; West Indies

Front 46

Fill in the blanks: Churchill appealed to the United States by saying: "Give us the _____, and we will _____ the _____."

Back 46

tools; finish; job

Front 47

Which act did the US Congress pass that authorized the president to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit?

Back 47

Lend-Lease Act

Front 48

What was the name of the statement between Churchill and Roosevelt that stated the war aims of the United States and Great Britain, in order not to have any "secret treaties" which were against the agreements after World War I?

Back 48

Atlantic Charter

Front 49

Churchill and Roosevelt were on board a British battleship off the coast of where when they drew up the Atlantic Charter?

Back 49

Newfoundland

Front 50

Fill in the blanks: After the US Congress abolished restrictions of merchant ships not to be armed or enter war zones, the United States now gave the British "all _____ short of _____."

Back 50

aid; war