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Global WWII unit 10
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Allied Powers | Great Britain, America, USSR, France |
Axis Powers | Japan, Italy, Germany |
nonaggression pact | agreement between Stalin and Hitler; they would not attack each other (Hitler later violated this) |
blitzkrieg | Lightning War |
Charles de Gaulle | French general who created a new government while hiding in London |
Winston Churchill | Britain's prime minister during WWII |
Battle of Britain | Battle in which the British Royal Air Force stopped Hitler from conquering Britain |
Atlantic Charter | Became the Allie's peace plan after WWII |
Pearl Harbor | Japan's surprise attack on US naval fleet |