p. 798 #1a-h, 3, 4, 5, 6 1. <Tab/>a) The "phony war" was the time when French and British forces stayed under the Maginot Line to protect themselves against German forces. There were no battles and everything was quiet. b) A city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire c) British statesman and …showed first 75 words of 557 total…

…showed last 75 words of 557 total…those attacks just gave them a reason too. Other than Pearl Harbor, the US would most likely have still joined the war. Roosevelt helped the troops fighting against the Nazis, and although he wanted peace, in order to protect the allies of the US he was willing to help. Even if there was no attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States would have needed to fight when Hitler turned his targets on the United States.