TEXT WORK. Pronounce correctly and transcribe

Pronounce correctly and transcribe. Consult the dictionary.

Without, preparedness, simultaneous, junctions, infantry, coalmines, although, invasion, defence, re­serve, blockade, cruisers, capture, mines, harbour, campaign, neither, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, route, strategic, imminent, routes, maneuverable, capture, nevertheless, suici­de.

Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations. Find and translate sentences with them in the text.

Without a declaration of war, the Allies, Britain and France, stood helplessly, tank columns and motorized infantry, after the surrender of France in June 1940, the French defences, three British cruisers won a battle near the River Plate, Hitler was in no hurry, to move his armies, to put out feelers for a peace with Britain and France, Finland refused to allow the USSR to fortify bases on the northern shore, By attack­ing across Norway, the German aircraft and tanks, this failure made the House of Commons realize, the supreme direction, with no re­serve troops, landing beaches were mined, the radar stations, Italian troops invad­ed Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and Greece, their East African pos­sessions, an invasion of France, to join in the British plan for immediate action, a campaign against Italy, the capture of Sicily, the German government made un­conditional surrender to….