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1 World War II: Chapter 16 Section 1 Hitler s Lightening War (491) Blitzkrieg Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Battle of Britain Erwin Rommel Operation Barbarossa Atlantic Charter What did each leader gain from the secret agreement? August Sept. Hitler and Stalin sign a Non-aggression pact. Hitler invades Poland 2. What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland? What was Hitler s plan for conquering France? April June Sept Feb. June Hitler invades Denmark And Norway France surrenders German Luftwaffe begin bombing British cities. Italy moves to seize Egypt & the Suez canal. Hitler sends Rommel to help Italian troops seize Egypt and the Suez Canal. Hitler invades the Soviet Union 4. Describe what happened at Dunkirk. 5. Describe the events and outcome of the Battle of Britain. 6. What was the outcome of the fighting at Tobruk? 7. How did Hitler s invasion of Russia compare to that of Napoleon? 8. Why was Winston Churchill considered Britain s greatest weapon? 9. How did the Lend-Lease Act help the allies before the US entered the war?

2 Chapter 16 Section 2 Japan s Pacific Campaign (497) Emperor Hirohito Isoruko Yamamoto Guam and Wake Islands Bataan Death March Douglas Mac Arthur In the following table, describe what happened and explain the event s importance. 1. Bombing of Pearl Harbor 2. Fall of S.E. Asian colonies 3. Doolittle s raid on Japan 4. Battle of Coral Sea 5. Battle of Midway 6. Battle of Guadalcanal 7. What was Mac Arthur s strategy and why did he use it to combat the Japanese? 8. Why did the Japanese change from trying to win support of colonies to acting like an aggressive and uncaring conqueror?

3 Chapter 16 Section 3 The Holocaust (503) Holocaust Krystallnacht Ghetto Final Solution Genocide 1. Who? Who were the victims of the Holocaust? Who were members of the master race? 2. What? What were the Nuremberg Laws? What happened at night on Nov. 9, 1938? What was Hitler s final solution? 3. Where? Where did German Jews try to migrate to find safety from Nazi terror? Where were Jews forced to live? Where were the concentration camps? 4. Why? Why did Hitler believe that Jews and other subhumans had to be exterminated? Why did the Germans build extermination camps? 5. When? When did the Final Solution begin? 6. How? How did non-jewish people try to save Jews from the horrors of Nazism? How many Jews died in the Holocaust? 7. Why might people want to blame a minority group for their country s problems? 8. What impact did the Holocaust have on the Jewish population of Europe?

4 Chapter 16 section 4 The Allied Victory ( ) Dwight D Eisenhower D Day Battle of the Bulge V E Day Iwo Jima Harry S Truman Hiroshima and Nagasaki V J Day Write a brief description of each event. North Africa Campaign North African Battle in which German troops were beaten back. German General in North Africa Battle of Stalingrad German commander in Battle of Stalingrad Number of Soviet Military deaths Mobilization for war Process of controlling goods that are scarce during wartime Process of relocating Japanese-Americans into restricted areas Victory in Europe Location of Allied D Day invasion Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the allies pushed the Germans back Victory in the Pacific Japanese suicide pilots Event that caused the Japan to surrender How did the Allies conceal the location of the D Day invasion? Did President Truman make the correct decision in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? Provide reasons to support your answer.

5 Chapter 16 section 5 Europe and Japan in Ruins ( ) Nuremburg Trials Demilitarization Democratization Postwar Europe List three ways that war affected the land and people of Europe. List three political problems that postwar governments faced. List one way that the Allies dealt with the Holocaust. Postwar Japan List two effects of Allied bombing raids on Japan. List three ways that the US occupation changed Japan. List three provisions in Japan s new constitution Explain the objectives of the Nuremberg Trials after World War II. Explain the objectives of the demilitarization of Japan after World War I.

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