WWII Part 2 Study Guide
At the Beginning of the War, which Side Was Winning?
Key Question: How was the war going initially?
At the beginning of the war, the Axis was winning, but the Allies persevered and won.
Major Events of WWII
Key Question: What were the major events and turning points of the war?
1. Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union invaded
Poland from the west along with the Baltic nations.
2. Germany invaded France, capturing Paris.
3. Germany bombed London. This was named the Battle of Britain.
4. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, so the United States declared war on Japan
5. Germany declared war on the United States, so the United States declared war on
Germany.
6. United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway: turning point of the
war in the Pacific
7. Germany invaded the Soviet Union, but the Soviets defeated Germany at Stalingrad:
turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
8. D-Day: American and Allied troops land at Normandy, France to begin the liberation
of Western Europe
9. Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The United
States forced Japan to surrender, ending WWII
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Holocaust
Key Question: What was the Holocaust?
1. Systematic attempt (laws were created) to rid Europe of all Jewish people
2. Anti-Semitism is a type of extreme prejudice and discrimination toward Jewish people.
Tactics included:
a. boycotting Jewish-owned stores
b. segregation into ghettos
c. imprisonment and killing Jewish people in concentration camps and death camps
3. Aryan supremacy: the Nazi belief that most Germans were a master (superior) race
4. Liberation: Jewish people who survived were liberated by the Allied forces
WWII Part 2 Study Guide