Beginning of World War II

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  1. 3. Many Americans supported___________ , the belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided.
  2. 4. After France fell,____________ , a French general, set up a government-in-exile in London. He committed all his energy to reconquering France.
  3. 6. the new British prime minister, had already declared that his nation would never give in.
  4. 7. as Stalin talked with britain and France, he also bargained with Hitler. The two dictators reached an agreement.
  5. 14. Germans jokingly called it the sitzkrieg, or “sitting war.” Some newspapers referred to it simply as “the_____________ .”
  6. 15. Conference ________________was held on September 29, 1938. The Czechs were not invited. British prime minister Neville Chamberlain believed that he could preserve peace by giving in to Hitler’s demands.
  7. 16. in 1935, Congress passed three___________. These laws banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war.
  8. 17. In the summer of 1940, the______________ , Germany’s air force, began bombing Great Britain.
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  1. 1. when the________ struck in 1929, many Japanese blamed the government. Military leaders gained support and soon won control of the country.
  2. 2. Hitler had long pledged to undo the_____________ .
  3. 5. In one of the most heroic acts of the war, Great Britain set out to rescue the army. It sent a fleet of about 850 ships across the English Channel to____________ .
  4. 8. Germany also made an agreement with Japan. Germany, Italy, and Japan came to be called the___________ .
  5. 9. The British urged__________ , giving in to an aggressor to keep peace.
  6. 10. Britain continued to let Italian troops and supplies pass through the British controlled___________ on their way to Ethiopia.
  7. 11. or “lightning war.” It involved using fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces, to take enemy defenders by surprise and quickly overwhelm them.
  8. 12. Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s painting, called, captures the human horror of the destruction of this Spanish city.
  9. 13. In 1931, the Japanese army seized __________, despite objections from the Japanese parliament.