CHAPTER 25.5 THE WORLD AT WAR (p.771-778)
Objective: Identify the military turning points of World War II in both Europe and Asia.
1) What advantage did the Allied Powers have over the Axis powers?
Soviets Halt Nazi Drive
2) Why did Hitler invade the Soviet Union?
3) Describe how the Soviets turned the tide of the war on the eastern front.
The Allied Offensive
4) Identify the geographic regions of the world controlled by the Axis Powers in 1942.
5) Why did the Soviets want a second front opened?
6) Evaluate the success of the Allied invasion of North Africa.
7) Why was Stalin critical of the agreements reached at the Casablanca and Morocco Conferences?
The Allied Invasion of Europe
8) Where did the Allied invasion of Europe first begin?
CHAPTER 25.5 THE WORLD AT WAR (p.771-778)
Objective: Identify the military turning points of World War II in both Europe and Asia.
9) What was Operation Overlord and what did it accomplish?
The High Cost of European Victory
10) What was the military significance of the Battle of the Bulge for both the Allies and Germany?
11) What was the fate of Adolf Hitler?
The War in Asia and the Pacific
12) Describe how anti-colonialism (anti-imperialism) sentiment helped the Japanese achieve their goal
of conquering Southeast Asia?
13) What was the naval significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) and the Battle of Midway
(1942)?
14) Identify & explain: “Island Hopping”
15) What were the results of the Battle for Okinawa
16) How successful was the United States in bringing the war to the war to the island of Japan?