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WWII WEBQUEST

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EUROPEAN THEATRE

European Theatre ¨C Battles

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1939-1942

Date

Description / Summarization

Date

Description / Summarization

Invasion of Poland

Battle of Britain

Lend-Lease Act &

Atlantic Charter

Pearl Harbor

Battle of Stalingrad

1943-1945

Operation Overlord

(D-Day)

Liberation of Paris

Battle of the Bulge

European Theatre ¨C People & Events

WWII Summary

Omar Bradley

Dwight

Eisenhower

Charles De

Gaulle

Bernard Law

Montgomery

Erwin

Rommel

George S.

Patton

D-Day Did You Know ¨C Click here

?

What does the D mean in D-Day?

?

Who was Andrew Jackson Higgans and what did he do?

?

How many men were involved in the D-Day landings?

Letters from the Front ¨C Click here

?

Read some of the letters from the soldiers. What are you reactions?

After WWII Summary

PACIFIC THEATRE

Advance of Japan ¨C Click here

?

When does Japan invade China? French Indochina?

?

What¡¯s happening in Europe at this time?

Pacific Theatre ¨C Battles

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Date

Saipan

Battle of

Leyte Gulf

Philippines

Campaign

Iwo Jima

Okinawa

Strategic Importance

Outcome

Casualties

Pacific Theatre ¨C People

BRIEF Background Info

WWII Summary

Emperor

Hirohito

General

Douglas

MacArthur

Admiral

Chester

Nimitz

Bataan Death March

What was the Bataan

Death March?

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How were POWs

prepared for life in the

camp?

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other questions

What did POWs do to

keep their sanity while

in the camp?

Why was life horrible?

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webpage

Who was Henry Mucci?

Rescuers of Bataan

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Why was Mucci so tough

during training?

What was his unit training

to do?

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Pacific Theatre ¨C Events

Describe the Context:

Summarize her Experience:

Describe the Strategic Importance:

What was Combat Like?

Summarize Destined to Die:

What Eventually Happened to Mr.

Shimada?

Description of the Phases:

Casualty Numbers & Japanese Defense:

How were the Allies able to reach Tokyo?

What were the bombers ordered to

destroy?

Koyu Shiroma and the

Battle of Saipan

Harry George and the

Strategic Importance of

Iwo Jima

Masayuki Shimada and the

Kamikaze Attack on

Okinawa

Operation Downfall, the

U.S. Plan to Invade Japan

Firebombing of Tokyo

What was the damage?

How many Allied soldiers will be involved

in the invasion?

Invading Japan

Why was Truman concerned about

invading the Japanese home islands?

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