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After completing this Web Quest you will be able to Explain
the major events of the European Campaign during World
War II. You will use this Power point, the attached websites,
pictures, quotes, and political cartoons from the time period.
Use the guided questions to help you along and use the circles
that look like this:
to guide you along.
1.
Click on the link below to discover what happened on September 1, 1939
2. Click on the link below to put these events in order:
Germany invades Denmark
Germany attacks France
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Germany invades Norway
Germany creates Vichy France
Allied Powers stop the Axis powers at Dunkirk
3. Click on the link below to find a definition for blitzkrieg
4. Click on the link below do discover what Vichy, France was and why it was created.
5.
Use the link below to explain the significance of the Battle of Britain and respond to
Pilot Officer John Beard’s account.
6. Use the pictures below to explain how the London Blitz terrorized citizens
7.
Use the link below to explain the mistake Germany made when the broke the NaziSoviet Non Aggression Pact and invaded Russia.
8.
Use this cite to define scorched-earth and explain why it led to German defeat in the
Soviet Union during winter.
9. Use the map below to explain why control of the Atlantic was necessary to get supplies
to Britain and the Soviet Union
10. The Allies wanted to gain control of North Africa so that oil could be easily transported.
Using the map below, explain why North Africa was a prime location to invade Italy from.
11. With the Allied success in North Africa, the Allies moved into Italy in July 1943. That
same year, Mussolini was removed from office and hung. However, the turning point
came during the Battle of Stalingrad. Use the website below to research why.
12. June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied Troops landed long a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified
French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General
Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing
less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day
invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The
D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but
more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
Respond to the D-Day pictures in the link below.
13. Use the link below to explain the Battle of the Bulge