The War, Volume 1

action aggression agreement air raids Allies American announced April armed armistice army asserted assurance attack attitude Austria Balkan bases battle battleship Belgian Belgium belligerent blockade bombing Britain Britain and France British Cabinet Chamberlain Churchill continued countries cruisers Czech Czechoslovakia defence demands Denmark destroyers direct economic effective efforts enemy Europe exports February fight Finland Finnish Finnish war fleet forces foreign French Government frontier German Germany's Graf Spee guarantee Hitler Holland hostilities Hungary immediate important increased industrial invasion Italian Italy Italy's June Lake Ladoga land launched loss Maginot Line Mannerheim Line March Mediterranean military million Minister ministry Mussolini Namsos Narvik nations naval Nazi negotiations neutral Norway Norwegian offered pact peace Pétain Petsamo planes Poland Polish ports position possible promise prospect Reich resistance result Reynaud Rumania Russia Scapa Flow September ships Soviet Union submarine supplies surrender Sweden territory trade treaty Trondheim troops United warships