World War II - Loudoun County Public Schools



World War II

|Stages |War in Europe |War in Pacific (Japan) |

|Before US Involvement |-Germany invades Poland to begin war, later invades USSR |-Throughout 30s Japan invades Manchuria and China |

| |and threatens Britain |-US criticizes actions but remains neutral |

| |-US remains neutral but supports Britain: | |

| |Lend-Lease Act—gave supplies to Britain | |

|How US gets involved |-After the bombing of Pearl Harbor US also declares war |- Japan surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 |

| |on Germany |-FDR calls it a day that will live in infamy |

| | |-US declares war |

|Strategy |-“Hitler First” strategy—Germany must be defeated first |-Island hopping campaign-take over islands in Pacific that|

| |- |bring US closer to Japan |

|Battles |-El Alamein in North Africa—Germany fails to capture Suez|-Midway—First major American victory, kept Hawaii safe |

| |Canal |-Iwo Jima and Okinawa—American victories brought US closer|

| |-Stalin grad- German forces are halted during invasion of|to Japan |

| |USSR |-Hiroshima and Nagasaki—A-Bomb drops force Japanese |

| |-D-Day—Allied troops land in Normandy, France helps to |surrender |

| |free western Europe | |

|Outcomes |-Nuremberg Trials—Nazis are tried for war crimes |-Japanese leaders are tried for war crimes |

| |-Europe in ruins—Marshall Plan rebuilds Western Europe |-America occupies Japan for several years |

| |-Eastern Europe taken over by Soviets | |

| |-Germany divided into 4 zones of occupation | |

| |-UN created to settle disputes | |

Questions:

1. The title of this chart is__________________________

2. Even though US remained neutral they did help Britain with supplies under a law known as the Lend-___________________Act

3. Japan invaded___________________and _________________throughout the 30s for natural resources

4. The Japanese bombing of____________________brought US into World War II

5. US strategy was to defeat ___________________before Japan

6. The main strategy in defeating Japan was called_________________ which were aimed at bring American forces closer to Japan

7. German forces were stopped at__________________in the USSR

8. D-Day refers to the invasion of____________________at France

9. _____________________and Okinawa were two American victories that brought US closer to Japan

10. Atomic bombs were used on the cities of ____________________and Nagasaki

11. The ______________________Trials tried Nazis for war crimes

12. US occupied __________________following their defeat

13. The ____________________Plan was used to rebuild Western Europe

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