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WORLD WAR II STUDY GUIDE
WHO AM I?
1. ______________________________I am the communist dictator of the Soviet Union during
WWII
2. ______________________________We signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression pact
3. ______________________________Who went on the Bataan Death March, and who forced
them to march?
4. ______________________________I am the French tank commander who fended off the
Germans in France
5. ______________________________I am the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy
6. ______________________________I am the German general who battled Allied forces in
North Africa and am known as the "Desert Fox"
7. ______________________________ I am the general who led the victorious troops in the Battle
of El Alamein
NAME THAT COUNTRY, CITY, OR TERRITORY
8. ______________________________ The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939
with this country
9. ______________________________ WWII started when Hitler invaded this country.
10. List the Axis Powers in WWII:
1.
2.
3.
11. ______________________________Great Britain and France entered World War II because
of the German invasion of this country
12. .List the Allied Powers in WWII:
1.
2.
3.
4.
13. ______________________________ At the Munich Conference on September 29, 1938, the
leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to let
Hitler take this area as long as he didn’t take
more territory
14. ______________________________Victory over Japan happened when two atomic bombs
were dropped on these two cities
______________________________
15. _______________________________An example of Japanese aggression was when Japan
took over this area from China in 1931
16. _______________________________This country started two world wars in Europe during
the 19th and 20th century
17. _______________________________What country was the last Axis power to surrender?
NAME THAT BATTLE:
18. _____________________________Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific against
Japan?
19. _____________________________What was the code name given to Germany's plan to
invade the Soviet Union?
20. _____________________________This battle occurred when German Luftwaffe pounded
Great Britain in a series of air raids
21. _____________________________At this battle, Allied forces trapped by the Germans in
France were miraculously rescued
22. _____________________________This was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France
23. _____________________________ This battle became the turning point in Europe during
WWII
24. _____________________________This battle marked the beginning of General MacArthur’s
“island hopping” campaign in the Pacific
25. _____________________________This event will live in infamy, brought the U.S. into WWII
FILL IN THE BLANK:
26. _____________________________This “lightening war” method of fighting used the Luftwaffe,
tanks, and troops in a sudden and swift attack on the
enemy
27. _____________________________The U.S. base at Pearl Harbor was bombed on what
momentous date?
28. _____________________________What is the name of one of the largest extermination
camps?
29. _____________________________What was the main target of the kamikazes?
30. _____________________________The killing of the Jews in Germany was known as the
what?
31. _____________________________The Jews in Europe were forced to live in these until sent
to concentration and extermination camps.
32. _____________________________This plan gave U.S. Loans to European countries to
rebuild their economies after WWII
33. _____________________________ At what conference did the Allies set the terms for Japan's
surrender?
34. _____________________________This was a mission to develop the first nuclear bombs in
America
SHORT ANSWER—
35. Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
36. List the effects of WWII.
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