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Chapter 14 – World War II
Due May 15, 2014
Section 1 p. 437-444
Vocab Terms: Appeasement, Winston Churchill, Axis Powers, Nonaggression Pact, Blitzkrieg, Allies, Battle of Britain,
Hideki Tojo, Isolationism
1.
_____________________________, which ended World War I, had seriously damaged the German economy.
2.
Adolf Hitler came to power in the year _____________, with a promise to _________________________________________________.
3.
Hitler wanted the Germans to have __________________________ or room to grow and prosper.
4.
Hitler’s plan to rebuild the German ___________________________ was a direct violation of the __________________________________
_________________________.
5.
The British signed a new treaty with Germany allowing them to build ____________________________ and other
____________________________.
6.
Hitler claimed he needed to rebuild the ________________________________ so that he could fight against
_____________________________________.
7.
In March 1936, Hitler sent troops into the _________________________ so that he could fight against
___________________________________________________.
8.
Germany demanded ________________________________ from Austria, which meant that the two nations would unify, and this
was called the _____________________________.
9.
The Germans wanted to take over the _____________________________ region of Czechoslovakia because of its Germanspeaking majority.
10. The British and French used _____________________________ to avoid war with Germany, and this is was why they turned a
blind eye to Czechoslovakia.
11. ____________________________________, who eventually becomes Prime Minister of England, speaks out against the plan of
_________________________________ created by the Prime Minister, ____________________________, in Parliament.
12. The Axis Powers were made up of __________________________, ___________________________, and ______________________________.
13. In 1936, the _________________________________________ began which saw Germany and Italy jump in to aid the Fascists led by
_________________________________________________.
14. In order to keep the Soviet Union from becoming involved in any action against Germany, Hitler and Stalin signed a
_________________________________________, which promised that Germany and the Soviet Union would not attack each other.
15. World War II officially begins on ________________________________, with the invasion of _____________________________ by
Germany. Great Britain and France declare war on Germany on ___________________________.
16. The Germans use a tactic called ______________________________, which is a coordinated attack using planes in the air and
fast-moving forces on the ground.
17. The Allies, by the end of 1941, consisted of the nations of __________________________, ______________________________,
___________________________, and ________________________________.
18. On June 22, 1940, the nation of ____________________________ surrendered to Germany, and the remaining 300,000 allied
troops were forced to flee from the city of ___________________________.
19. The _____________________________________________ was between August and October of 1940 and was done to soften the
British to prepare for an invasion.
20. The _______________________________________ was a series of bombings of the city of London used to terrorize the people.
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21. The Germans, because of the frustration of failure in England, broke the nonaggression pact by attacking the
______________________________.
22. ________________________________________ came up with a plan to attack ____________________________________ because Japan
wanted to send a message that the U.S. could not push them around because of resources.
23. After the surprise attack by the Japanese , the United States’ attitude toward war changed from _________________________,
staying out of other countries’ affairs to that of a nation ready for war.
Section 2 p. 445-452
Vocab List: Erwin Rommel, Battle of El Alamein, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Siege of Leningrad, Battle of Stalingrad,
Douglas MacArthur, Bataan Death March, Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, Kamikazes
1.
The __________________________________ was the fight by the Allies to keep Atlantic Ocean shipping lanes open to get
supplies to England and Russia.
2.
The War in the Atlantic saw the use of _______________________ by the Germans to sink ships.
3.
The American home front was mobilized for war in the following ways:
a.
Men signed up for the ______________________________ by the millions.
b.
Women filled roles like _____________________________, ______________________________, and other
_______________________________.
c.
Factories converted over to __________________________________________________.
d.
American citizens made do with less ___________________, ___________________, and _______________________; and
participated in _________________________drives.
4.
Fear over German, Italian, and Japanese Americans being spies cause many to face _________________________________, but
the Japanese were treated the worst with many forced into ______________________________________________.
5.
U.S. won the war in Atlantic by producing large ___________________________of ships, which provided more
_______________________ to hunt German ___________________ and protect ____________________ to Europe.
6.
The combined German and Italian forces in North Africa were called the ___________________________________ and were led
by ___________________________________________ also known as the _______________________________________.
7.
A key battle in North Africa was the ______________________________________________________, which showed how under
supplied the Germans were and make the British Commander, ________________________________________________, a hero for
severely weakening the Axis hold in North Africa.
8.
Americans joined the battle in North Africa under the command of _________________________________________________.
9.
Axis forces surrender in _________________________________in 1943.
10. The _______________________________________________ saw nearly 1 million Russians die, while starving at a rate of 3,000-4,000
per day.
11. The ____________________________________________________ saw the most brutal fighting of the war with the Soviets trying to
hold the city and the Germans on a mission to wipe them out.
12. Soviet Marshall _____________________________________ led the counter-attack that eventually allowed the Soviets to hold
__________________________________ at the cost of nearly _________________________________________ troops, but this defeat for
Germany saw their first real retreat begin.
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13. Besides the targets already hit by Japan, the islands of the ______________________________________, which was defended by
forces under the command of ____________________________________ also fell to Japan.
14. This defeat led to the ________________________________________________, which saw 70,000 prisoners forced to march to
Japanese prison camps.
15. The _________________________________________________________ saw the first stop in the Japanese advance.
16. The _________________________________________________ saw American Admiral _________________________________________ devise a
plan that became a successful defense and cost the Japanese 4 aircraft carriers, and allowed the Allies to go on the
offensive in the Pacific.
17. The Allies strategy for their offensive became known as _______________________________________ where they skip over
Japanese stronghold islands and cut them off from supplies.
18. The ___________________________________________________ was an example of island hopping where the victory was not easy
and took 6 months for it to fall by February of 1943.
19. The ___________________________________________________ was the largest naval battle ever fought and saw the first use of
Japanese ____________________________________________, which were pilots who loaded planes with bombs and crashed into
ships intentionally.
Section 3 p. 456-459
Vocab List: Deported, Final Solution, Ghetto, Concentration Camps, Holocaust
1.
The _________________________________ became the German scapegoats for the German issues after the Treaty of Versailles.
2.
____________________________________, which is the hatred of Jews, was not new to Europe, but the Nazis took it to a new
level by passing the ____________________________________ laws, which created a new legal status for Jews and led to many
being ________________________________ or forced to leave the country.
3.
U.S. and other European nations would not allow _________________________________ by Jews because they were recovering
from the ______________________________________ and did not want more outsiders competing for jobs.
4.
As Germany gained control of more land in Europe, they enacted the ____________________________________________, which led
to the mass execution of Jews.
5.
Germans forced Jews who came under their control into _______________________________________ or a confined area within a
city, with the most notorious of these being in _________________________, Poland.
6.
Other Jews were sent to ___________________________________________________, or labor camps, which were meant to hold those
Hitler had named as ___________________________________________________________.
7.
Simply killing Jews by firing squad was not enough, but instead they designed special
_________________________________________ in ______________________________ with the goal of mass execution and being able to
destroy the bodies with the main example of these being one named ___________________________.
8.
Wolfgang Gerhard was known during World War II as ____________________________________ or the “Angel of Death” because
of his cruel medical experiments on the Jews.
9.
Jews were not the only victims but other groups such as _______________________________________,
_________________________________, ________________________________________, __________________________________________________, and the
____________________________________, a group of gypsies were part of another 5 million killed on top of the 6 million Jews
who were killed, which were refer to today as the ______________________________________.
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10. It was not until 1944 that the U.S. did anything to help and their response was to set up the
__________________________________________________________ to help rescue European Jews.
11. Lack of direct action, like bombing the rail lines running from concentration camps to cities, was not done because the
Allies did not want to disrupt the __________________________________________________, but also
_____________________________________ and ________________________________________ contributed to the inaction.
12. The first discovery of a death camp was made by __________________________________ troops in the year ____________________.
Section 4 p. 460-465
Vocab List: D-Day, V-E Day, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa, Harry S. Truman, Hirohito, V-J Day, Yalta Conference,
United Nations, Potsdam Conference
1.
The _________________________________ invasion on June 6, 1944 saw Allied forces invade France and gain a huge victory as
more than a ________________________________ troops would land there by July, which directly led to the German surrender
of ________________________ by August.
2.
The last major German counterattack was the _______________________________________.
3.
By April 1945, _______________________________ troops had surrounded the city of ____________________________, and on May 2,
1945 the body of _______________________________ was found near his bunker.
4.
Germany officially surrendered on ________________________________ and the next day was known as ________________________
or victory in Europe day, ending the 6-year war.
5.
Because of a need for bases nearer to the mainland of Japan for bombing raids, American forces undertook the
takeover of two islands in the ________________________________________________ and the ___________________________________________.
6.
With the possibility of losing more than 1 million solders the U.S. began considering using the
___________________________________, which was successfully tested in the year _________________________.
7.
______________________________________ became President of the United States after ____________________________________ died in
May 1945.
8.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 on the city of _________________________________, and the second
bomb was dropped on the city of ___________________________________________on August 9, 1945.
9.
Emperor _______________________________ of Japan surrendered on _____________________________ a date now known as
__________________________.
10. After the war ended much of _______________________________ and ___________________ lay in ruin with the heaviest losses in
places like ______________________________, ________________________________, and ____________________________________, but
_______________________________, ____________________________________, and __________________________ also suffered greatly.
11. The ______________________________________________________ was a declaration that was written jointly between
_____________________________________ and ______________________________________ in July 1941, where they outlined their purpose
for the war.
12. The ___________________________________________________ in early 1945 demonstrated the issues the Allies were having on a
plan for peace with the primary goal being plan on how to govern a soon-to-be conquered ___________________________.
13. Some key agreements made at the ____________________________________________________ was that Stalin would keep some
territory in _______________________________, but must recognize democratic ideals in ___________________________________________.
Also Roosevelt got Stalin to aid in the war with _____________________________ after the war in Europe had ended.
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14. Roosevelt got Stalin to join the ________________________________________________, a new world organization designed to
encourage international cooperation and prevent war.
15. The UN Security Council was made up of the __________________________________________, ________________________________________,
_______________________________________, ________________________________________, and _______________________________________, which
had more power than other nations.
16. The ________________________________________________________ took place in Germany in July 1945, but showed the growing
tension and distrust between the Soviet Union and the other Allies.
17. The Allies biggest concerns following World War II were ________________________________________ intentions in Eastern
Europe and the spread of Soviet power and ________________________________________in the postwar world.