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Honors World Studies III Chapter 16
McDougal Littell Modern World History Chapter 16 (Mulhall)
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10th Grade
02/25/2010

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Non-aggression Pact
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ten year non aggression pact signed between Stalin of the Soviet Union and Hitler of Germany
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Blitzkrieg
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“lightning war”; Germany’s new strategy for war involving fast moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces used to take enemy defenders by surprise and quickly overwhelm them
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Maginot Line
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a system of French fortifications along France’s border with Germany
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The phony war
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sitzkrieg “sitting war”
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The Ardennes
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a heavily wooded area in northern France, Luxembourg and Belgium
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Vichy
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the capital of the puppet government headed by Marshal Philippe Petain after the German’s took control of the Northern part of France after the French surrendered on June 22nd 1940
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Charles de Gaulle
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the French general who set up a « government in exile » in London, he also called on the people of France to join him in resisting the German’s
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Winston Churchill
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the new British prime minister who declared that his nation would never give into Germany
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Luftwaffe
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the title of Germany’s air force
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RAF
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Britain’s Royal Air Force
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Battle of Britain
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Began September 7th 1940 and continued until May 10th 1941
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Erwin Rommel
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General, Commander of the tank force Afrika Korps that attacked British forces in late March 1941; DESERT FOX
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