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Preparing an Illustrated Timeline
Work with your group to create a memorable illustrated timeline to teach the key events and
complexity of World War II. Have your teacher initial each step as you complete it.
_____ Step 1: Assign roles. Everyone in your group will take part in preparing the illustrated
timeline. Review the roles below and divide them among the members of your group. Make
sure everyone understands his or her responsibilities.
Historian: You will make sure that all key events from World War II are included.
Geographer: You will make sure that maps are included that show key events.
Biographer: You will make sure that the key personalities involved in World War II are
accurately and memorably portrayed.
Artist: You will come up with creative ways to display key content.
_____ Step 2: Learn about key events and personalities. Read each section of the Student
Text. Review the images on Student Handout B: World War II Resources, and figure out which
image goes with each subsection of the Student Text. Record your answers in your notebook
using your Notebook Guide.
_____ Step 3: Select visuals. Using the Internet or other print sources, collect additional
images or documents that you can add to your timeline. Cut out the images from Student
Handout B: World War II Resources. Think creatively about how you can present your
illustrated timeline in a unique way.
_____ Step 4: Assemble your timeline. Assemble your illustrated timeline on a desktop or
tabletop. Add additional images you found in Step 3. As your teacher instructs, paste or tape
your illustrated timeline onto wall or cardboard.
_____ Step 5: Give a gallery tour. The class will split into two groups for gallery tours.
One group will act as museum visitors. The other group will act as museum docents—
knowledgeable guides who conduct visitors through a museum and deliver a commentary on
the exhibitions.
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World War II Resources: Events
The United States dropped atomic bombs
on the Japanese cities of ___________
and ________________ Japan surrendered
after the United States dropped the bomb
on _______________ .
C.
B.
As part of the Nazi plan to exterminate
the __________ , millions of people were
sent to be killed or worked to death in
________________camps.
D.
MONGOLIA
MANCHURIA
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Beijing
Shanghai
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FRENCH
INDOCHINA
PA CIFIC
OCEAN
Tokyo
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor
Manila
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
Leyte Gulf
&
Saipan
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MALAYA
Japan’s sphere of influence was in
___________________, a region in
northeastern China that was rich in
natural resources. In 1931, Japan’s army
seized the entire region.
E.
Germany’s last offensive of the war was
the Battle of the ____________ in
Belgium.
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Tarawa
DUTCH EAST INDIES
Areas under Japanese control, 1942
Greatest extent of Japanese naval power, 1942
Major battles
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CAROLINE ISLANDS
Singapore
INDIAN
OCEAN
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Kong
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Burma
INDIA
BURMA
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
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Chongqing
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KOREA
CHINA
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Guadalcanal
Coral
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1,000
1,000
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2,000 mi.
2,000 km
The Allies began their offensive in the Pacific
in August 1942 with the invasion of Guadalcanal.
Draw arrows on this map to show how the Allies
approached Japan.
F.
The United States began sending arms
to Great Britain under the
____________ Act.
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B
H.
The Nazi invasion
of the Soviet Union
was successful
at first, as the
Germans used
brutal
____________
tactics to drive
into Russia.
However, they were
stopped by the
_______________ .
In their 1939 non-aggression treaty,
Hitler promised Stalin a part of
______________, and guaranteed
______________a sphere of influence in
Eastern Europe. In return, ___________
pledged not to attack Germany.
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J.
To protect Australia from Japan, the
United States fought the Battle of the
__________, which was fought entirely
by carrier-based aircraft . It was the first
naval battle in which the enemies’
warships never ______________.
MONGOLIA
CHINA
Manchuria
Beijing
KOREA
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Formosa
Hong Kong
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U.S. President Harry S _________ had
the difficult decision about whether to
drop an ________ ________on Japan or
to launch an ___________.
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Japanese Empire, 1930
Japanese invasion of Manchurian
region of China, 1931–1933
Japanese invasion of China, 1937
Japanese invasion of French
Indochina, 1940
(BR.)
Between 1931 and 1940, Japan invaded
______________ as well as a substantial portion
of ______________ further south. They also seized
__________ __________.
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30°N
500 1,000 km
20°N
10°N
The defensive perimeter the Japanese
had established around Japan
disappeared after ________________
captured the key islands of _____ _____
and Okinawa in early 1945.
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Extent of Axis control
early Nov. 1942
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Ukraine
FRANCE
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ALBANIA
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TUR K E Y
GREECE
SYRIA
With the ______________, Hitler took
control of Austria and furthered his
goal of uniting all ethnic Germans in the
German Reich.
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_________ forces launched a final
offensive in North Africa in ______,
forcing Axis resistance to collapse.
Q.
The U.S. Congress passed several
____________ Acts in the 1930s. These
acts were designed to keep the country
out of conflicts brewing in Europe.
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MOROCCO
TUNISIA
FRENCH NORTH AFRICA
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M e d ite r r a n e a n
S ea
LEBANON
PALESTINE
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400 mi.
200 400 km
L I B YA
(IT.)
EGYPT
SAUDI
ARABIA
To hasten the end of the war in Europe,the
Allies focused on an invasion of France in 1944.
On the map, show the beginning and end
points of the D-Day landings.
P.
During the Battle of ___________,
RAF pilots defended the nation
against German bombing attacks.
When Germany began targeting cities,
Londoners called this period the
___________.
R.
As many as __________ people died in
World War II—about half of them
civilians. More than ______________
Europeans were made homeless by the
fighting.
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S.
The British bombed German
___________ to try to weaken civilian
morale. The German city of
___________ was firebombed into
absolute ruin.
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Upon returning to England after signing
the _________ Agreement, Neville
_____________ spoke triumphantly.
He claimed to have achieved
“_________ for our time.”
The Battle of __________ involved
firebombs, fierce street-by-street
battles, and a fight to the death in
the bitter winter cold. It was a
______________ victory that forced the
___________ to retreat.
V.
The U.S. government established a
top-secret program to develop an
___________ weapon. Physicist
J. Robert ____________ directed the Los
Alamos laboratory in New Mexico where
it was developed.
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GREAT
BRITAIN
DENMARK
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
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Rhineland
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OSLOVAKIA
Sudetenland
AUSTRIA
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The U.S. victory at the Battle of
__________ stopped Japanese expansion
in the Central and South Pacific.
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Germany had great military success in the first
year and a half of the war. Color in all of the
countries that quickly fell under German control
during that time.
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Y.
The United States entered the war after
____________ bombed the naval base
at _________________ .
AA.
ITALY
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt
and British Prime Minister Winston
_____________ met in Washington in
December 1941 to plan how to win the
war in ___________ .
BB.
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Italy invaded ___________ in 1935 as
part of a quest to construct a New
Roman Empire under _____________.
The ____________ murdered 6 million
Jews, or one-third of the world’s Jewish
population. This terrible slaughter was
called the ___________ .
CC.
After the end of the war, the Americans
put General ________ __________ in
charge of Japan.
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Leaders and Nations
Allied Leaders
United States
President Franklin D.
Axis Leaders
German Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
British Prime
Minister Winston
Churchill
Italian Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini
Soviet Premier
Josef Stalin
Japanese Prime
Minister
Hideki Tojo
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