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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?
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR?
WHAT WAS THE MUNICH CONFERENCE A PRACTICE IN?
WHO WERE THE AXIS COUNTRIES?
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE?
HOW DID THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES LEAD TO WWII?
WHAT WERE THE MAIN ALLIED COUNTRIES OF WWII?
WHAT DOES MEIN KAUMPF TRANSLATE TO?
Day 2: WAR IN EUROPE
1. WHAT DOES “LIGHTING WAR” TRANSLATE TO?
2. FRANCE AND GB DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY AFTER THE INVASION OF WHAT COUNTRY?
3. AFTER THE EVACUATION OF WHAT FRENCH TOWN LED TO THE FALL OF FRANCE TO GERMANY?
DAY 3: US: NEUTRALITY TO WAR
1. WHAT ACTS KEPT THE US OUT OF WWII IN THE BEGINNING?
DAY 4: PEARL HARBOR
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WHERE IS PEARL HARBOR?
WHEN WAS PEARL HARBOR ATTACKED?
HOW MANY WAVES OF JAPANESE PLACES WERE PLANNED TO ATTACK PEARL HARBOR?
WHO IS CONSIDERED TO THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACKS?
WHY DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK SO EARLY IN THE MORNING?
WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR?
WHY DID THE JAPANESE NEED TO EXPAND?
DAY 5: AMERICA ENTERS WWII
1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST TURNING POINT IN THE WAR IN EUROPE?
2. AMERICA ENTERED WWII AFTER THE ATTACK ON WHAT?
3. WHO WAS THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN THE PACIFIC?
DAY 6: HOLOCAUST
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DEFINE GENOCIDE.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP?
DEFINE HOLOCAUST.
WHAT WAS THE WORST DEATH CAMP DURING THE HOLOCAUST?
5. WHAT COUNTRY WAS THE WORST DEATH CAMP LOCATED IN?
6. WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE NAZI SS?
7. WHAT COUNTRY LIBERATED THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP?
DAY 7: BEGINNING OF THE END
1. WHEN WAS THE INVASION OF NORMANDY?
2. WHAT WAS THE LOCATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE?
3. WHAT WAS THE POTENTIAL “JUMPING OFF” POINT FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN?
4. WHAT WAS THE CODENAME FOR THE INVASION OF NORMANDY?
5. WHO WAS THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN EUROPE?
6. AT WHAT CONFERENCE DID THE INITIAL PLANNING OF D-DAY START AT?
7. WHAT WERE THE TWO AMERICAN BEACHES OF D-DAY?
8. WHAT WAS THE LAST MAJOR GERMAN OFFENSIVE AND WHERE DID IT TAKE PLACE?
9. HOW MANY US AIRBORNE DIVISIONS JUMPED ON NORMANDY?
10. WHAT DOES IWO JIMA MEAN IN JAPANESE?
11. HOW MANY FLAG RAISINGS WERE THERE ON IWO JIMA?
DAY 8: WAR ON THE HOME FRONT
1. WHAT WAS THE SYMBOL OF AMERICAN WOMEN’S EFFORTS DURING WWII?
2. THE PEACETIME DRAFT IN THE US WAS CREATED BY WHAT?
3. DURING WWII, THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SET UP DETENTION CAMPS FOR WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE?
DAY 9: END OF WWII
1. WHAT WAS THE LOCATION OF HITLER’S BUNKER?
2. WHEN WAS VE DAY?
3. WHAT WAS THE MANHATTAN PROJECT?
4. WHAT WAS CREATED AT THE YALTA CONFERENCE BY THE “BIG THREE”?
5. WHERE WAS THE FORMAL JAPANESE SURRENDER?
6. WHERE DID THE “BIG THREE” MEET TO DISCUSS POST-WAR GERMANY?
7. WHO WAS A PART OF THE “BIG THREE”?
8. WHAT WAS THE CODENAME OF THE FIRST EVER ATOMIC BOMB THAT WAS SET OFF?
9. WHAT WAS THE CODENAME OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA?
10. WHAT WERE THE NUREMBURG TRIALS?
11. WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT?
12. WHO WAS THE SUCCESSOR OF FDR?
13. WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI?
14. WHAT DID THE “BIG THREE” DECIDE ABOUT GERMANY AT THE YALTA CONFERENCE?
a. USE A DRAWING TO SHOW WHAT WAS DISCUSSED?
b. EXPLAIN HOW DECISIONS MADE AT YALTA CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLD WAR?