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Pre-Notes
• Blitzkrieg – lightning war
• Cash and Carry Policy - policy adopted by
the US in 1939 to preserve neutrality
while aiding the Allies. Britain and France
could buy goods from the US if they paid
in full and transported them
• Lend Lease Act - sell, transfer title to,
exchange, lease, or lend to any such
government [whose defense the
President deems vital to the defense of
the United States] any defense article.
World War II
•Hitler launches blitzkrieg
against Poland
•Soviet Union invades as well
April 1940
•Germany invades Norway
and Denmark
June 1940
•Germany
conquers
France
Battle of Britain - 1940-41
•German air force starts
bombing London
•British use radar and new
technology to decode
German messages
•Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and people refuse
to give in
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•Hitler launched blitzkrieg against
Poland. What does this term
mean?
•From 1940 to 1941, Germany
began a nonstop bombardment
of London. What was this called?
•Which British Prime Minister
vowed to fight the Germans?
OTHER AREAS
•Germans want the Suez
Canal - gain access to
Middle Eastern oil
April 1941
•Germany conquers Greece
and Yugoslavia
June 1941
•Germany invades the Soviet
Union - it was a disastrous
invasion
UNITED STATES
•Pres. Roosevelt knows US
must be involved to prevent
Nazi controlled Europe
1939 - Cash and Carry Policy
1941 - Lend Lease Act
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•What is the Cash & Carry
Policy?
•What is the Lend Lease
Act?