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After completing this Web Quest you will be able to Explain the major events of the European Campaign during World War II. You will use this Power point, the attached websites, pictures, quotes, and political cartoons from the time period. Use the guided questions to help you along and use the circles that look like this: to guide you along. 1. Click on the link below to discover what happened on September 1, 1939 2. Click on the link below to put these events in order: Germany invades Denmark Germany attacks France Britain and France declare war on Germany Germany invades Norway Germany creates Vichy France Allied Powers stop the Axis powers at Dunkirk 3. Click on the link below to find a definition for blitzkrieg 4. Click on the link below do discover what Vichy, France was and why it was created. 5. Use the link below to explain the significance of the Battle of Britain and respond to Pilot Officer John Beard’s account. 6. Use the pictures below to explain how the London Blitz terrorized citizens 7. Use the link below to explain the mistake Germany made when the broke the NaziSoviet Non Aggression Pact and invaded Russia. 8. Use this cite to define scorched-earth and explain why it led to German defeat in the Soviet Union during winter. 9. Use the map below to explain why control of the Atlantic was necessary to get supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union 10. The Allies wanted to gain control of North Africa so that oil could be easily transported. Using the map below, explain why North Africa was a prime location to invade Italy from. 11. With the Allied success in North Africa, the Allies moved into Italy in July 1943. That same year, Mussolini was removed from office and hung. However, the turning point came during the Battle of Stalingrad. Use the website below to research why. 12. June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied Troops landed long a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler. Respond to the D-Day pictures in the link below. 13. Use the link below to explain the Battle of the Bulge