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Name: ____________________________________ Period: _______ US History Homework Packet #18 Points Earned /10 /10 /10 Section Part I: Read the Notes and Complete the matching assignment and timeline Part II: Art—Create a World War II Battle Memorial Part III: Creative Writing Part I: Notes and Matching Stalingrad Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Battle of Midway Battle of Okinawa D-Day Invasion Major battles and military turning points North Africa El Alamein—German forces threatening to seize Egypt and the Suez Canal were defeated by the British. This defeat prevented Hitler from gaining access to Middle Eastern oil supplies and attacking the Soviet Union from the south. Forces battle between July and November 1942. Europe Blitzkrieg—Germany’s invasion of Poland is called Blitzkrieg because it was “lightning fast.” Both France and Britain declare war on Germany after this1939 invasion. Stalingrad—Hundreds of thousands of German soldiers were killed or captured in a months-long siege of the Russian city of Stalingrad in 1943. This defeat prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields and turned the tide against Germany in the east. Normandy landings (D-Day)— American and Allied troops under Eisenhower landed in German-occupied France on June 6, 1944. Despite intense German opposition and heavy American casualties, the landings succeeded and the liberation of Western Europe from Hitler had begun. Pacific Midway (June 1942)—In the “Miracle of Midway,” American naval forces defeated a much larger Japanese force as it prepared to seize Midway Island. Coming only a few months after Pearl Harbor, a Japanese victory at Midway would have enabled Japan to invade Hawaii. The American victory ended the Japanese threat to Hawaii and began a series of American victories in the “island hopping” campaign that carried the war closer and closer to Japan. Iwo Jima and Okinawa (1945)—The American invasions of the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa brought American forces closer than ever to Japan, but both invasions cost thousands of American lives and even more Japanese lives, as Japanese soldiers fought fiercely over every square inch of the islands and Japanese soldiers and civilians committed suicide rather than surrender. 1. Place the battles from World War II on the timeline. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Matching: ____ 1. Battle of Midway a. German airplanes repeatedly bombed military and civilian targets in England, especially large industrial cities like London. The British Royal Air Force fights back and prevents Germany from taking over Britain. ____ 2. Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa b. The surprise attack by Japan on the US Naval fleet (group of ships) in Hawaii. The United States started fighting in WWII because of this attack. ____ 3. Blitzkrieg c. A turning-point naval battle in the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the United States. The United States broke Japanese codes, learned of the attack and planned an ambush. After this battle, the United States was on the offense in the Pacific and will began the island-hopping campaign. ____ 4. Pearl Harbor d. The last two battles between Japan and the United States in the Pacific Theater. Because the Japanese refused to surrender, the fighting was extremely brutal and bloody. The US predicted that an invasion of mainland Japan would result in massive deaths, so the president decided to drop atomic bombs rather than invade. ____ 5. Battle of Britain e. The Allies invaded of France on the beaches of Normandy in order to free the country of France from Nazi German occupation. After France was freed, the Allies moved toward Germany to force an end to the war in Europe. ____ 6. Battle of Stalingrad f. This battle was an important victory for the Allies. The battle was fought in North Africa over control of the Suez Canal. Both sides wanted to control the Suez Canal because it was the easiest way to get oil, which was very important for winning the war. ____ 7. Battle of El-Alamein g. The people of Russia fought back as the German soldiers lay siege to their city. The Germans were defeated and as a result Germany could not get to the Soviet oil fields. This battle is considered a turning point battle because Germany was forced to retreat. ____ 8. D-Day h. WWII officially started in Europe when Germany invaded Poland with lightning fast attacks. Britain and France declared war on Germany because of this invasion. Part II: World War II Battle Memorials Assignment A memorial is a statue or a group of statues made to remember something important. The picture shows the memorial for The Battle of Iwo Jima. It reminds people of the battle and the soldiers that fought and died in the battle. Your assignment is to pick one battle from WWII (listed in Part I) and draw a memorial that would help people remember the battle and the soldiers who died fighting. Your memorial should show facts about the battle. On the back of your memorial, explain in writing why you made the memorial the way you did. Example of writing: My battle monument includes an airplane because the Battle of Britain was fought in the air between the Air Force of . . . Part III: Creative Writing. Write a brag or a whine for a soldier who fought in any of the battles listed in Part I. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________