appeasement auschwitz in operation nazis issue the final...
TRANSCRIPT
World War 2 Review- World History Knowledge
Appeasement
Auschwitz in Operation
Nazis issue the Final Solution declaration
Munich Agreement
Austria joins together with Germany in Anschluss
Great Depression
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Russia
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Mussolini becomes leader of Italy
German invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg
Battle of Britain
USSR invades Poland
Germany invades USSR
D-Day
VE Day
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Manhattan Project
African Theatre
Jews stripped of civil rights
Japan invades China
“Rape of Nanking”
Kristallnacht
USSR and Germany: Non-Aggression Pact
Vichy France
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Stalingrad
Italy Surrenders
Liberation of Dachau
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Desert Fox
The Nuremburg Trials
“Official” End of War
World War 2 Review – Critical Thinking 1) What was the main cause of WW2? Why?
2) Was WW2 inevitable given the harshness of the Treaty of Versailles? Why?
3) How much did totalitarian leaders contribute to the start of WW2? Why?
4) How was the war different for civilians depending on where they lived?
5) Compare the war in Europe with the war in the Pacific. What was similar and what was different?
6) Why did Hitler’s tactic of blitzkrieg work so well at the start of the war?
7) Why did Hitler’s blitzkrieg work badly in Operation Barbarossa?
8) How did Hitler’s tactics in Leningrad differ from what he did in Stalingrad?
9) Why wouldn’t Stalin let his civilians leave Stalingrad?
10) Why was the Battle of Stalingrad an important battle in WW2?
11) Why did all countries in WW2 target civilians in their bombing raids?
12) Is it okay to target civilians in a time of war? Why?
13) Do you think that we would have dropped an atomic bomb on Germany if it had been developed in time? Why?
14) Why did the US drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
15) Was it okay that we dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Why?
1. What does this map below show? Explain as many aspects as you can using clear, specific evidence.
2. What does this map below show? Explain as many aspects as you can using clear, specific evidence.
3. What does this map below show? Explain as many aspects as you can using clear, specific evidence.
4. What does this map below show? Explain as many aspects as you can using clear, specific evidence.
5. What does this map below show? Explain as many aspects as you can using clear, specific evidence.
6. What does this map below show? Explain as many aspects as you can using clear, specific evidence.