Week S–15 Reading Notes
Paths to War
The German Path to War
Rhineland: _________________________________________________________
Demilitarization: _____________________________________________________
Appeasement: _______________________________________________________
Benito Mussolini: ____________________________________________________
Sudetenland: ________________________________________________________
Joseph Stalin: ________________________________________________________
Where did Hitler believe he could find more “living space” to expand Germany?
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The Japanese Path to War
Manchukuo: __________________________________________________________
Chiang Kai-shek: _______________________________________________________
Sanctions: ____________________________________________________________
Why did Japan want to establish a New Order in East Asia? _____________________
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The Course of World War II
Europe at War
Blitzkrieg: _____________________________________________________________
Franklin D. Roosevelt: ____________________________________________________
In the spring of 1941, what caused Hitler to delay his invasion of the Soviet Union? What halted the German advance once it had begun? _______________________________
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Japan at War
By the spring of 1942, which territories did Japan control? ____________________
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The Allies Advance
Stalingrad: ___________________________________________________________
Midway Island: _______________________________________________________
Douglas MacArthur: ____________________________________________________
Why was the German assault on Stalingrad a crushing defeat for the Germans?
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Last Years of the War
Winston Churchill: _____________________________________________________
Normandy: ___________________________________________________________
Partisans: _____________________________________________________________
Harry S. Truman: _______________________________________________________
Hiroshima: ____________________________________________________________
What was the “Second Front” that the Allies opened in Western Europe? __________
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A German Soldier at Stalingrad
How accurate was the information received by the German soldiers prior to the attack?
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The Home Front & the Aftermath of the War
The Mobilization of Peoples: Four Examples
Mobilization: ___________________________________________________________
Albert Speer: ___________________________________________________________
Kamikaze: _____________________________________________________________
General Hideki Tojo: ____________________________________________________
How did World War II contribute to racial tensions in the United States? _________
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Frontline Civilians: The Bombing of Cities
London: _____________________________________________________________
Dresden: ____________________________________________________________
Hiroshima: ___________________________________________________________
Why were civilian populations targeted in bombing raids? _____________________
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Peace and a New War
Cold War: ___________________________________________________________
Why did Stalin want to control Eastern Europe after World War II? ______________
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