Monday

Today we will finish the video from Friday and give you time to work on the following study guide. Test tomorrow!

Study Guide:

Who were the Axis Powers and their leaders?

Who were the Allies and their leaders?

Discuss the idea of island-hopping as a strategy.

What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific? Why?

Discuss Pearl Harbor.

What was Hitler's invasion of U.S.S.R called? Why did it fail.

Discuss the following battles: Stalingrad, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Iwo Jima.

Why did the U.S. used atomic weapons on Japan? Where were they dropped?

What was firebombing? What were some cities that were firebombed during WWII.

What is Total War? How is it fought? What are three elements of it?

What is Blitzkrieg? Where was it used? 

Discuss the Allies plan for opening a second front in Europe? Where did it state? Why did this upset Stalin?

What was the Holocaust? List at least three concentration and/or death camps.

What was the Bataan Death March? 

Who was Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery, Isoroku Yamamoto. 

What was appeasement?

When did the war begin in Asia? When did it begin in Europe?

What did Italy invade Ethiopia? 

Why did WWII begin?