1. Ch 21.3 Axis Gains Student:____________________
Complete the chart below – put the events in order by time. (write the events out)
• Lands soldiers in France • Invades eastern Poland
• Captures Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania • Outflanks the Maginot Line
• Invades Denmark & Norway • Evacuates its forces from Dunkirk
• Blockades German ports • Captures Finland
• Invades Netherlands & Belgium • Captures France
Great Britain Soviet Union Nazi Germany
1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4.
True or False (make the corrections to make it true!)
___ 1. The German word blitzkrieg means “lightning war.”
___ 2. People spoke of a “phony war” because there was little actual fighting despite
much movement of troops.
___ 3. The League of Nations was powerless to take military action against the Soviet
Union after it had invaded Poland.
___ 4. It took German forces more than a year to capture Norway.
___ 5. German tanks could not break through France’s Maginot Line despite three
major attempts.
___ 6. Great Britain successfully evacuated troops from Dunkirk.
___ 7. France’s armies and generals were well prepared to fight the swift-paced
modern style of warfare that Germany fought.
___ 8. The Petain government did not sign a peace treaty with Germany.
___ 9. The maquis was the anti-Nazi French underground.
___10. During WWII, Winston Churchill led Great Britain as prime minister.
___ 1. A chief reason why Hitler’s armies were successful at the start of the war was
a. the speed at which they fought
b. the flatness of the ground on which they fought
c. the tanks they received from the Soviet army
d. the weather, which turned battlefields to mud
___ 2. The strategic advantage that Germany got from capturing Norway and
Denmark was
a. it helped Germany defeat Norwegian collaborators
b. it kept these countries from turning socialist
c. it gave Germany bases for submarines and aircraft
d. it allowed the Germans to fight a “phony war.”
___ 3. The Battle of Britain was
a. an air war c. a sea war
b. a ground war d. an undersea war

2. ___ 4. The Lend-Lease Act of 1941
a. let the US sell munitions to Germany
b. let the US take responsibility for the fall of France
c. let Great Britain receive much-needed supplies
d. left the Soviet Union alone to fight the Germans single-handed
Matching – some answers will not be used . . .
___1. “lightning war” a. maquis
___ 2. people who help the enemy b. Charles deGaulle
___ 3.French leader who surrendered to c. Atlantic Charter
Hitler d. Winston Churchill
___ 4.French leader who formed the Free e. Lend-Lease Act
French government f. Blitzkrieg
___ 5.French underground resistance g. Philippe Petain
fighters h. Isolationists
___ 6.German air force i. Battle of Britain
___ 7.German air attack on Britain j. Collaborators
___ 8.American law against participation in k. Neutrality Acts
future wars l. Luftwaffe
___ 9.American act to supply Great Britain
with war materials
___10.statement of British and U.S.
democratic goals
Complete the following outline . . .
Axis Moves
Main idea: ______________________________________________________
Topic I: While western Europe wondered about a “phony war”, Axis powers overtook
eastern ____________.
Detail A: As agreed in the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Soviets invaded _______.
Detail B: ___________________________________________________
Topic II: ________________________________________________________
Detail A: Collaborators helped Hitler take over Norway and Denmark, giving
Germany strategic ports and airfields.
Detail B: ___________________________________________________
Detail C: Allied forces are evacuated at Dunkerque, thus gaining time to
recover.
Topic III: German forces took France and attacked Britain.
Detail A: ___________________________________________________
Detail B: Charles de Gaulle led the Free French government from London.
Detail C: ___________________________________________________
Detail D: The use of radar by the Royal Air Force gave the British an
advantage.
Topic IV: ________________________________________________________
Detail A: The United States revised the Neutrality Acts to allow the sale of war
materials.
Detail B: ____________________________________________
Detail C: The Atlantic Charter sealed the relationship between the United States
and Great Britain by outlining their common goals.