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Glossary Term – Event

Nazi blitzkrieg in Europe

The Nazis began the blitzkrieg (or “lighting war”) of several European countries, including Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belguim, France, and the Netherlands. Blitzkrieg attacks combined forces of mechanized infantry, tank divisions, and air support to devastate invaded countries and led to many quick surrenders.

Glossary Term – Event

Purchase of Danish West Indies

In the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, Denmark ceded the Danish West Indies—soon renamed as the United States Virgin Islands—to the United States for $25,000,000.