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WORLD WAR II REVIEW GUIDE
DAY 1: INTRO TO WORLD WAR II
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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF FACIST ITLAY? Mussolini
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR? Stalin
WHAT WAS THE MUNICH CONFERENCE A PRACTICE IN? Appeasment
WHO WERE THE AXIS COUNTRIES? Germany, Japan, Italy
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE? de Gaulle
HOW DID THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES LEAD TO WWII? broke down Germany and made it vulnerable to Hitler
WHAT WERE THE MAIN ALLIED COUNTRIES OF WWII?
GB, France, US, Canada, Australia
WHAT DOES MEIN KAUMPF TRANSLATE TO? "My Struggle"
Day 2: WAR IN EUROPE
1. WHAT DOES “LIGHTING WAR” TRANSLATE TO? Blitzkreg
2. FRANCE AND GB DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY AFTER THE INVASION OF WHAT COUNTRY? Poland
3. AFTER THE EVACUATION OF WHAT FRENCH TOWN LED TO THE FALL OF FRANCE TO GERMANY? Dunkirk
DAY 3: US: NEUTRALITY TO WAR
1. WHAT ACTS KEPT THE US OUT OF WWII IN THE BEGINNING?
Neutrality Acts
DAY 4: PEARL HARBOR
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WHERE IS PEARL HARBOR? Oahu, Hawaii
WHEN WAS PEARL HARBOR ATTACKED? Dec. 7, 1941
HOW MANY WAVES OF JAPANESE PLACES WERE PLANNED TO ATTACK PEARL HARBOR? 3 waves
WHO IS CONSIDERED TO THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACKS? Yomamoto
WHY DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK SO EARLY IN THE MORNING? for surprise - everyone was asleep
WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR? Sunday
WHY DID THE JAPANESE NEED TO EXPAND? natural resources and living space
DAY 5: AMERICA ENTERS WWII
1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST TURNING POINT IN THE WAR IN EUROPE? Battle of Stalingrad
2. AMERICA ENTERED WWII AFTER THE ATTACK ON WHAT? Pearl Harbor
3. WHO WAS THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN THE PACIFIC? Douglas MacArthur
DAY 6: HOLOCAUST
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DEFINE GENOCIDE. systematic extermination of a group of people
WHAT WAS THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP? Dachau
DEFINE HOLOCAUST. "sacrifice by fire"
WHAT WAS THE WORST DEATH CAMP DURING THE HOLOCAUST?
Auschwitz
5. WHAT COUNTRY WAS THE WORST DEATH CAMP LOCATED IN? Poland
6. WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE NAZI SS? Himmler
7. WHAT COUNTRY LIBERATED THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP? USSR /Soviet Union
DAY 7: BEGINNING OF THE END
1. WHEN WAS THE INVASION OF NORMANDY? June 6, 1944
2. WHAT WAS THE LOCATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE? Ardennes Forest
3. WHAT WAS THE POTENTIAL “JUMPING OFF” POINT FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN? Okinawa
4. WHAT WAS THE CODENAME FOR THE INVASION OF NORMANDY? Operation Overlord
5. WHO WAS THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN EUROPE? Dwight D. Eisenhower
6. AT WHAT CONFERENCE DID THE INITIAL PLANNING OF D-DAY START AT? Casablanca
7. WHAT WERE THE TWO AMERICAN BEACHES OF D-DAY? Omaha and Utah
8. WHAT WAS THE LAST MAJOR GERMAN OFFENSIVE AND WHERE DID IT TAKE PLACE? Battle of Bulge
9. HOW MANY US AIRBORNE DIVISIONS JUMPED ON NORMANDY? 2
10. WHAT DOES IWO JIMA MEAN IN JAPANESE? "Sulfar Island"
11. HOW MANY FLAG RAISINGS WERE THERE ON IWO JIMA? 2
DAY 8: WAR ON THE HOME FRONT
1. WHAT WAS THE SYMBOL OF AMERICAN WOMEN’S EFFORTS DURING WWII? Rosie the Riveter
2. THE PEACETIME DRAFT IN THE US WAS CREATED BY WHAT? Selective Service Act
3. DURING WWII, THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SET UP DETENTION CAMPS FOR WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE?
Japanese-Americans
DAY 9: END OF WWII
1. WHAT WAS THE LOCATION OF HITLER’S BUNKER? Berlin, Germany
2. WHEN WAS VE DAY? May 8, 1945
3. WHAT WAS THE MANHATTAN PROJECT? secret project to create the atomic bomb
4. WHAT WAS CREATED AT THE YALTA CONFERENCE BY THE “BIG THREE”? United Nations
5. WHERE WAS THE FORMAL JAPANESE SURRENDER? USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
6. WHERE DID THE “BIG THREE” MEET TO DISCUSS POST-WAR GERMANY? Yalta (Soviet Union)
7. WHO WAS A PART OF THE “BIG THREE”? Chruchill (GB), FDR (US), Stalin (USSR)
8. WHAT WAS THE CODENAME OF THE FIRST EVER ATOMIC BOMB THAT WAS SET OFF? the "Gadget"
9. WHAT WAS THE CODENAME OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA? "Little Boy"
10. WHAT WERE THE NUREMBURG TRIALS? Prosecution of surviving SS officers
11. WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT? J. Robert Oppenheimer
12. WHO WAS THE SUCCESSOR OF FDR? Harry S. Truman
13. WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI? "Fat Man"
14. WHAT DID THE “BIG THREE” DECIDE ABOUT GERMANY AT THE YALTA CONFERENCE?
split into zones of
occupation
a. USE A DRAWING TO SHOW WHAT WAS DISCUSSED?
b. EXPLAIN HOW DECISIONS MADE AT YALTA CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLD WAR?