Download World War II Internet Scavenger Hunt

NAME: ___________________
Date: ________
World War II Internet Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Using the provided links answer the following questions. Write your answers underneath the
corresponding question.
World War II Movies: The Bombers and the Bombed
1. After having watched the BBC video, “Bombers and the Bombed,” what were the names of the two
cities targeted?
2. Why do you think these two cities were targeted in particular?
Pre-World War II German Government
3. Why had the German leadership appealed to the Kaiser to step down after Germany’s defeat in the
Great War?
4. What was the name of the liberal democratic government established in Germany at the conclusion of
the Great War? What was one of its greatest flaws?
Sturmabteilung v. Schtuzstaffel
5. What event occurred in Germany during June 1934?
6. What leader of the “Brown shirts” was executed after refusing to commit suicide?
7. What group then exerted its power over the “Brown shirts,” and who was the leader of this group?
What was their purpose?
Japan vs. China
8. Using the provided link, describe the Rape of Nanking.
History.com
9. Describe three key Axis figures.
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Untold Stories of D-Day
10. What was Exercise Tiger? What happened the last couple days of the month of April?
11. How were the BIGOT maps created?
PBS – Did you know?
12. What is the meaning of the “D” in D-Day and the “H” in H-Hour?
13. How many vessels and personnel crossed the English Channel on June 6, 1944? At what rate were
captured Germans sent to POW camps in the United States? How many POW facilities were located in
Texas?
Secrets of Leadership
14. What four leaders of the last century are mentioned in the article? How are the leaders categorized
and who falls into each category? Do you agree?
15. Describe how Hitler and Churchill treated their respective staffs. Which individual was more
considerate to those under him?
“Never, never, never give up”.
– Winston Churchill