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World War II
Directions: Use information from the textbook to complete the following:
1939
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Hitler and __________ of the USSR sign a _______________ pact.
They agree NOT to attack each other despite their bitter history.
They also agree that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would become part of _____________.
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Hitler invades _______________ with a rapid attack by armored vehicles supported by airplanes,
which is called blitzkrieg or “lightening war”.
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___________ and _____________ declare war on Germany.
1940
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Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and much of Northern France fall victim to Nazi
invasion.
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The Battle of ______________, went on for months of terrifying air raids by Germany.
1941
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Germany invades _______________, violating the pact it signed in 1939. The siege of Leningrad
begins and lasts for 17 months.
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____________ attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7. __________ enters WWII.
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Roosevelt and Churchill meet in the North Atlantic to agree on principles for a lasting democratic
post-war peace. The document containing these agreements was known as the ___________ Charter.
1942
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James Doolittle and other military pilots participate in a retaliatory raid over __________,
demonstrating that the U.S. would fight back.
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__________ seizes the Philippines, Burma, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina.
________ continues to press southward in the Pacific toward Australia.
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Battle of __________ in the Pacific takes place. The Allies prevent Japan from advancing in the
Pacific for the first time.
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Battle of _________ also takes place in the Pacific. The U.S. regains naval superiority in the Pacific.
1943
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Battle of Stalingrad. ________ troops alone push Germans out after thousands have been killed. This
battle was extremely difficult to win but allowed ____________ soldiers to begin moving West.
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Allies defeat Axis armies for control of the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal.
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Roosevelt and Churchill meet in _____________ to discuss “victory on all fronts”.
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___________, _______________, and ___________ meet at Tehran to discuss plans for a postwar
world.
June 6, 1944
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Allied invasions of Normandy, France across the English Channel. This was the largest such
invasion in history, involving over 150,000 soldiers.
1944-1945
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Bitter fighting in the Pacific (Battles of __________ and __________) costs thousands of
American lives.
December 1944
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Hitler launches a counterattack on the Allies in France, staging a ______ front war.
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Battle of the _____________. A surprisingly strong response by German troops slows the
movement of Allied forces eastward to Germany.
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Ultimately, Germany was not able to hold the Allies, who were now pushing from the
___________ and the ___________.
1945
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Allied troops from the East and West meet at the Elbe River in Germany. Hitler commits suicide.
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____________ Conference takes place between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to discuss the
division of Germany into spheres of influence.
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FDR dies from a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12. ________________ is sworn in as the next
President of the U.S.
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The war ends in ___________ on May 8, 1945. V.E. Day is celebrated on this day.
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Potsdam Conference takes place between the allies with Truman now replacing Roosevelt.
__________ is warned to surrender to prevent utter destruction.
August 6, 1945:
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