Section 1: Hitler

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Section 1 Hitlers Lightning war
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Non-Aggression pact

• An agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union
  in which each promised not to invade the other
  with military force
• They also agreed to secretly split Poland between
  the 2 nations
• This pact would allow Germany to focus on France
  and the Western front without worrying about an
  attack from the east and granted the Soviet Union
  the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and
  Estonia

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Blitzkreig

• Germanys newest military strategy which involved
  fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by
  massive infantry forces
• Took enemies by surprise and quickly overwhelmed
  them
• Translated to Lightning War
• Used to invade Poland-the incident that caused
  Britain and France to declare war on Germany

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Rescue at dunkirk

• British navy and civilians rescued Allied forces
  at Dunkirk after the Germans had trapped them
  there
• 338,000 soldiers were rescued by Navy ships as
  well as yachts, lifeboats, motor boats and
  fishing boats

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Charles degualle

• A French general who set up a government-in-exile
  in London after the Nazis conquered France
• Committed all of his energy to reconquering
  France and used the radio to call on the people
  of France to join him in resisting the Nazis

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Winston churchill

• New British Prime Minister
• Declared that the nation would never give in,
  even after the Nazis took control of France
• Powerful speaker

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The Battle of Britain

• After defeating France, the Nazis turned their
  attention on Great Britain
• Attacked Britain from the air from the summer of
  1940 until spring of 1941
• Although Hitlers forces greatly outnumbered the
  British RAF (Royal Air Force), the British were
  able to break German codes and resist German
  advances
• Hitler called off the attacks in May 1941,
  leaving Britain free from Nazi control

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Luftwaffe

• Germanys Air Force
• Fought in the Battle of Britain

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Erwin rommel

• Commander of the German tank force in Africa, the
  Afrika Korps
• Sent by Hitler to help the Italians in North
  Africa after they had been defeated by the
  British
• Nicknamed the Desert fox for his successes in
  North Africa

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Operation barbarossa

• Hitlers plan to break the nonaggression pact and
  invade the Soviet Union
• Germans used the element of surprise to push
  Soviet forces back 500 miles into the country
• Soviets fought back by using the scorched-earth
  policy
• Germans lost 500,000 men to the Soviet winter

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Atlantic charter

• A declaration of the principles and goals that
  Churchill and Roosevelt had for the free world
• Upheld free trade among nations and the right of
  people to choose their own government