germans invasion of denmark and norway on april 1940
invasion of france- up through belgium
maginot line- line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun post, and other defenses
france constructed this along its borders with germany and italy after what happend to them in WWII
hitler got is revenge on france
vichy is a city in southern france.
marshal henri petain led the vichy governement
vichy was not friendly to us.
french were our allies in wwii
charles de gaulle led the free french underground
nazi goals :
-destroy the royal air force
-attck and distroy british navy
-attack british troops
germany never succeded in achieving #1
-german bombers did very poorly against the RAF so they bombed nights only
-great britain was aided heavily by the readr and ultra
luftwaffe: german airforce
1940 start to show that we are taking great britains side
great britain gave us 99 year leases on some bases; antingue, jamaica, st.lucia, bermuda, etc.
election between FDR vs. Wendell Wikie
FDR signs the Lend-Lease Act
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