Americans in World War II 18 GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITY

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Hitler’s War Machine Germany’s early success in World War II Only a small portion of Europe and North brought most of Europe under Axis control. In Africa was controlled by the Allies. The map addition to the Axis nations and their satellites below shows Axis and Allied occupation in (puppet governments), most of Europe was 1942. Examine the map, and answer the ques- ruled directly by Germany or occupied by tions that follow.

German forces in control of local governments.

Axis and Allied Occupation, 1942

N FINLANDFINLAND

LeningradLeningrad

NORWAYNORWAY

SWEDENSWEDEN ESTONIAESTONIA

USSRUSSR

North MoscowMoscow Sea LATVIALATVIA

DENMARK Baltic LITHUANIALITHUANIA IRELANDIRELAND Sea

Danzig GREATGREAT

HamburgHamburg

BRITAINBRITAIN

LondonLondon HOLLAND PosenPosen UKRAINEUKRAINE

BerlinBerlin Warsaw POLANDPOLAND Atlantic BELGIUMBELGIUM EupenEupen KievKiev Ocean GERMANYGERMANY Cracow PraguePrague RostovRostov

Paris FRANCE SLOVAKIASLOVAKIA ViennaVienna M

AUSTRIAAUSTRIA B BudapestBudapest OdessaOdessa

SWITZERLANDSWITZERLAND HUNGARYHUNGARY VichyVichy ROMANIAROMANIA Sebastopol

BucharestBucharest

VICHY FRANCE ITALY BelgradeBelgrade YUGOSLAVIAGOSLAVIAGOSLAVIA C Black

B PORTUGAL Z Sea B - B Marseilles SofiaSofia B BULGARIABBULGARIAULGARIA MadridMadrid Z RomeRome - CORSICA AnkaraAnkara SPAINSPAIN ALBANIA

SARDINIA TURKEYTURKEY Z - - Z GREECEGREECE GibraltarGibraltar

SYRIA SICILY

CYPRUS IRAQ TUNISIATUNISIA LEBANON ALGERIA MOROCCO CRETE Mediterranean Sea

TRANSJORDANTRANSJORDAN PALESTINE

LIBYA EGYPT SAUDI

ARABIA

LEGEND: Germany’sGermany’s mainGermany’s mainsources sources of main raw of materials:sources raw mate ofr r Axis countriesAxis countries B bauxiteB bauxiteB bauxiteiron oreiron ore ironcoal ore

Allied countries Axis occupationAxis occupation (Nov. 1942) (Nov. 1942)chromechrome– Z chromelead/zinc– Z lead/zinc– Z lead/zinoil c

C M C C M copperM mangane Allied occupation coppercopper manganesemanganese Axis satellitesAxis satellites

neutral states borders of bordersgreater ofThird greater Reich Third Reich1 inch1 =inch 385 = miles 3851 inch miles (approx.) = (approx.)385 miles (approx.)

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