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Table of Contents Ships at Pearl Harbor ...... 4 The Navajo Code Talkers ...... 5 Historic Definitions Matching ...... 6 Identify the Theater...... 6 Major Leaders Timeline ...... 7 Women in World War II ...... 8 Where Is It? Multiple Choice ...... 9 The World At the Time of World War II ...... 9 Famous Speech Fill-In ...... 10 European Theater Timeline ...... 11 Battles Puzzle ...... 12 Birthdays of Well-Known People of World War II ...... 13 Well-Known Figures Multiple Choice ...... 14 Match the Term ...... 15 Find the Nation ...... 16 Pacific Theater Timeline ...... 17 Famous Quotations ...... 18 Across All Fronts ...... 20 Answer Key ...... 26

World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. However, the United States did not officially enter the war until the Japanese launched a surprise attack on its fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress and made a speech on December 8, 1941, which began this way:

“Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

The attack on Pearl Harbor damaged or destroyed many of the ships that the United States had there, along with taking many, many lives. Here is a list of just some of the ships that were damaged or destroyed. Find the names of the ships in the word search below.

Arizona Pennsylvania Raleigh Oglala Maryland West Virginia Cassin Curtiss Tennessee Nevada Downes Sotoyomo Helena Maryland Helm Utah Honolulu Tennessee Shaw Vestal

From 1942 to 1945 wherever the Marines conducted an assault in the Pacific, the Navajo Code Talkers were there with them. They transmitted and received messages by phone and radio with a code that the Japanese, who were expert code breakers, were never able to break. Our code is much easier than theirs, but let’s try decoding names of places in the Pacific Theater where battles took place during World War II.

We are going to write the names of these battles by finding each letter in a graph and then writing the letter on the line. Follow the directions under the line for finding each letter. For example, if the directions say Across 4, Down 3, (A4-D3) you would follow the Down row 3 over to Across column 4 and find the letter e. In the instructions, we will use A for Across and D for Down.

Across

1 2 3 4 5

1 j d i w x D 2 u l n y p O 3 k q o e m W 4 t v h c r n 5 g a f b s

1. ______A5-D3 A3-D1 A2-D1 A4-D1 A2-D5 A4-D2

2. ______A1-D5 A1-D2 A2-D5 A2-D1 A2-D5 A2-D2 A4-D4 A2-D5 A3-D2 A2-D5 A2-D2

3. ______A1-D4 A2-D5 A5-D4 A2-D5 A4-D1 A2-D5

4. ______A1-D5 A1-D2 A2-D5 A5-D3

5. ______(2 words) A3-D1 A4-D1 A3-D3 A1-D1 A3-D1 A5-D3 A2-D5

6. ______A3-D3 A1-D3 A3-D1 A3-D2 A2-D5 A4-D1 A2-D5

7. ______A5-D2 A4-D3 A2-D2 A4-D3 A2-D2 A3-D1 A1-D2

_____ 1. Axis Powers a. Site where the first atomic bomb was dropped _____ 2. Abyssinia b. Hitler’s name for Germany _____ 3. Blitzkreig c. Site where the second atomic bomb was dropped _____ 4. Hiroshima d. German for “lightning war”; a quick attack to take a country by surprise _____ 5. Allied Powers e. German Air Force _____ 6. Third Reich f. Germany, Italy, and Japan _____ 7. Luftwaffe g. The site of the D-Day invasion _____ 8. Mein Kampf h. Ethiopia _____ 9. Normandy i. Book written by Adolf Hitler which explained the Nazi philosophy _____ 10. Nagasaki j. Great Britain, Russia, China, and the United States

Identify the Theater

After each battle listed below, write the name of the theater it belonged to, either Pacific, European, or North African.

1. Battle of Midway ______9. Siege of Leningrad ______2. Battle of Stalingrad ______10. Okinawa ______3. Battle of the Coral Sea ______11. Battle of Britain ______4. Battle of Guadalcanal ______12. Battle of Alam Halfa ______5. Battle of Kasserine Pass ______13. Battle of Leyete Gulf ______6. Battle of Iwo Jima ______14. Invasion of Normandy ______7. Battle of the Bulge ______15. Battle of Guam ______8. Battle of El Alamein ______

Fill in the blanks with the name of the major leader of World War II whose date of birth matches the date shown on the timeline. Choose from the word bank below.

______November 30, 1874

December 18,1878 ______

______January 26, 1880

January 30, 1882 ______

______July 29, 1883

May 8, 1884 ______

______December 30, 1884

April 20, 1889 ______

______November 22, 1890

November 15, 1891 ______

______April 29, 1901

Adolf Hitler, leader of Germany born Benito Mussolini, leader of Italy born Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, German general born Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the US born General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the French Resistance born General Douglas MacArthur, US general born General Hideki Tojo, Japanese general born Harry S. Truman, President of the US born Hirohito, leader of Japan born Joseph Stalin, leader of Russia born Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister born ©2015 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 7 Women in World War II

Use words from the word bank to fill in the spaces.

Women did not serve in ______during ______. However, they did make a great ______in the armed forces during the war. Some women served as ______in the Army Nurse corps. This included working in ______that were close to the war front, such as field hospitals, hospital trains and hospital ______, and even helping on transport planes and in ______hospitals.

There was a ______of the armed forces that was started in ______called the Women’s Army Corps or ______. Women helped in this branch of the service by serving as ______, working in army post offices, and working with ______. More than ______women served in the WAC. A few weeks after ______, they even landed in ______.

Another area that women served in was the Women’s Air Force ______Pilots or WASPs. These women had pilot’s ______before the war and flew ______planes and ______planes but did not serve in combat. This did allow more men to be ______to fly combat ______.

Word Bank

mechanics free evacuation military Service 1942 hospitals branch D-Day World War II contribution 150,000 combat Normandy

nurses ships licenses missions communications cargo WAC

Do the matching below to see what you know about these famous women from World War II.

______1. Corrie ten Boom a. Wife of the President of the United States, she worked to boost moral in the U.S. and was a strong supporter of the troops and of civil rights. ______2. Queen Elizabeth b. A Jewish girl who wrote diaries while in hiding from the Nazis for two years in a secret room. She was caught and died in a concentration camp. ______3. Sophie Scholl c. She and her family saved nearly 800 people helping Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. ______4. Anne Frank d. Great source of moral for the troops; when she was advised to take her children and leave London, she would not go. ______5. Eleanor Roosevelt e. A German woman who opposed the Nazis and the Third Reich. She protested the war and gave her life to try to stop the Nazis.

1. Warsaw a. Hungary b. Poland c. Lithuania 2. Paris and Marseille a. France b. Spain c. Portugal 3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki a. China b. Japan c. Russia 4. Pearl Harbor a. Canada b. Australia c. United States 5. Berlin a. Germany b. Romania c. Denmark 6. Stalingrad and Leningrad a. Bulgaria b. Russia c. Romania 7. Belgrade a. Albania b. Hungary c. Yugoslavia 8. Tripoli a. Algeria b. Libya c. Morocco 9. Shanghai and Peking a. Japan b. Mongolia c. China 10. London a. Great Britain b. France c. Spain

The World at the Time of World War II

1. World War II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. The names of two cities in Po- land are Krakow and Warsaw. Which one of these was the capital?

2. The United States declared war on Japan after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii. What are the names of the six largest islands that make up Hawaii? What island is Pearl Harbor on? Was Hawaii a state when Pearl Harbor was attacked?

3. Who was the President of the U.S. at the start of World War II?

4. Who was the President of the U.S. at the end of World War II?

5. Who was the British Prime Minister at the beginning of World War II?

President Roosevelt to Congress, December 11, 1941

To the Congress:

On the morning of December eleventh, the Government of ______, pursuing its course of world ______, declared war against the United States.

The long known and the long ______has thus taken place. The forces ______to ______the entire ______now are moving toward this ______.

Never before has there been a greater challenge to ______, ______, and ______.

Delay ______greater danger. ______and united effort by all of the peoples of the world who are determined to ______free will ______a world victory of the forces of ______and of ______over the forces of ______and of ______.

______also has declared war against the United States.

I therefore request the Congress to ______a state of war between the United States and Germany, and between the United States and Italy.

endeavoring Italy rapid life expected

remain invites Germany recognize insure

conquest liberty world righteousness justice

savagery enslave barbarism civilization hemisphere

Fill in the blanks with the correct event from the word bank below.

______September 1, 1939

September 3, 1939 ______

______June 22, 1940

September 7, 1940 ______

______May 27, 1941

September 8, 1941 ______

______June 17, 1943

June 6, 1944 ______

______December 16, 1944

May 7, 1945 ______

Battle of Stalingrad begins Battle of the Bulge begins Britain and France declare war on Germany D-Day invasion of Normandy France signs an armistice with Germany Germany surrenders Poland is invaded by Germany; World War II begins Siege of Leningrad begins The Bismarck is sunk by the British Navy The London Blitz begins

There were many, many battles fought on the European front and the North African front in World War II. Fill in the missing letters in the puzzle below to spell the names of just a few of these battles. The names of the battles are written below the puzzle for you to see the proper spelling.

Dunkirk Smolensk Stalingrad Warsaw

Britain Leningrad Schweinfurt El Alamein

Taranto Sevastopol Anzio Budapest

Tobruk Dieppe Normandy Berlin

Crete

There are many people who were involved with World War II who are well-known. It’s important to remember that well-known is not the same as important. Every man, woman and child involved in World War II, in whatever way they were involved, was important.

The puzzle that follows is actually a double puzzle. The left side of the puzzle is set up to drop the letters down into the correct spaces to spell the last names of the well-known people listed at the bottom of the page. The right side of the puzzle is set up to drop down the numbers to show their birth date. You have to have the name of the person and their birth date on the same line of the puzzle. The first line is done for you.

i t h i 2 0 1 1 8 9

h r i l e l 1 2 1 9 8 8

o g e m i e i 4 2 2 1 8 0 8

h e n s e l o w 4 2 1 5 1 8 9 0

r i o o e h l z 1 2 3 2 8 8 1 5

r o u m s o t l e 1 0 1 4 1 8 9 2

d i s s u l r o n i 7 1 9 0 1 8 9 0

e m m a n v t e t r 1 1 9 4 1 8 3 1

r o o s e v e l t 1 3 0 1 8 8 2

General Charles de Gaulle Born: November 22, 1890 Franklin D. Roosevelt Born: January 30, 1882 Hirohito Born: April 29, 1901 Benito Mussolini Born: July 29, 1883 Adolf Hitler Born: April 20, 1889 General Dwight D. Eisenhower Born: October 14, 1890 Admiral Chester Nimitz Born: February 24, 1885 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Born: November 15, 1891

1. The leader of Nazi Germany during World War II. a. Haile Selassie I b. Adolf Hitler c. General Gerd von Rundstedt 2. United States general who fought in the Pacific and accepted the surrender of Japan. a. Douglas MacArthur b. George S. Patton c. Dwight D. Eisenhower 3. The emperor of Ethiopia. a. Ugo Cavallero b. Josip Tito c. Haile Selassie I 4. Leader of China during World War II. a. Chiang Kai-shek b. Mao Zedong c. Vyacheslav Molotov 5. A prisoner of war in Japan who became a Christian while imprisoned; he later became a missionary to Japan and was instrumental in leading the leader of the Pearl Harbor attack to Christ. a. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. b. Jacob DeShazer c. Joseph Stillwell 6. Led the attack on Pearl Harbor; later toured the United States and the world as a missionary. a. Mitsuo Fuchida b. Isoroku Yamamoto c. Tomoyuki Yamashita 7. Known as “Old Blood and Guts;” commander of the Third Army during the D-Day invasion. a. General George Marshall b. General Omar Bradley c. General George S. Patton 8. Communist leader of Russia during World War II. a. Joseph Stalin b. Georgy Zhukov c. Vyacheslav Molotov 9. The President of the United States during the majority of the war. a. Dwight D. Eisenhower b. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. Harry S. Truman 10. General in Japan who became Prime Minister and ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor. a. Isoroku Yamamoto b. Mitsuo Fuchida c. Hideki Tojo 11. The dictator of Italy during World War II. a. Benito Mussolini b. Ugo Cavallero c. Vidkun Quisling 12. Leader of the French Resistance who set up a provisional government. a. Lucius Clay b. Claire Chennault c. General Charles de Gaulle 13. The emperor of Japan; Japan’s longest reigning monarch. a. Mao Zedong b. Hirohito c. Karl Doenitz 14. British Prime Minister during most of World War II. a. Winston Churchill b. Archibald Wavell c. Neville Chamberlin

©2015 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 14 15. President of the United States at the end of World War II; ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped on the cities in Japan devoted to war work; was later president during the Korean War. a. Dwight D. Eisenhower b. Franklin Roosevelt c. Harry S. Truman 16. Supreme Commander of the D-Day invasion of Normandy; also commanded troops in North Africa; later became a president of the United States. a. Gen. George Patton b. Gen. George Marshall c. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 17. United States admiral; Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, and Pacific Ocean Areas; signatory to the surrender of Japan aboard the USS Missouri. a. Chester Nimitz b. Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. c. James Doolittle

Match the Term

_____ 1. Battle of the Bulge a. the term for Japanese who would intentionally commit suicide by flying their aircraft into their targets _____ 2. Gestapo b. ship under the command of John F. Kennedy; was sunk on August 2, 1943 _____ 3. Potsdam Declaration c. a group of Navajo Indians that created a code that was never broken during World War II _____ 4. PT-109 d. where Nazis put people they didn’t like, including Jews _____ 5. Concentration Camp e. the German armed forces including the navy, army, and air force _____ 6. Kamikaze f. means “leader” in German _____ 7. U.S.S. Missouri g. Germany’s final attempt to drive the allies off of mainland Europe _____ 8. Holocaust h. the Air Force of Great Britain _____ 9. Fuhrer i. first group of African American pilots in the US Military _____ 10. Navajo Code Talkers j. Nazi police force _____ 11. Royal Air Force k. ship where the surrender of Japan took place _____ 12. Wehrmacht l. murder of nearly 6 million Jews and millions of others by Germany and those helping them _____ 13. Tuskegee Airmen m. defined the terms for Japan’s surrender

There were many countries involved in World War II. Some were involved because they felt it was important to stand against Nazi Germany and Japan; others were involved because they were either occupied during the war or had battles fought in them. Below is a list of some of the countries that were involved in World War II. Find the names of the countries in the word search.

Germany Brazil Cuba Mongolia Czechoslovakia Lithuania Italy Canada Ecuador Nicaragua Denmark Luxembourg Japan New Zealand Egypt Panama Estonia Netherlands Bulgaria South Africa El Salvador Paraguay Finland New Guinea Hungary Soviet Union Guatemala Peru France Norway Romania United Kingdom Haiti Saudi Arabia Greece Philippines Slovakia United States Honduras Turkey Iceland Poland Austria Argentina Iraq Uruguay India Syria Ethiopia Bolivia Lebanon Venezuela Iran Thailand China Chile Liberia Albania Latvia Tunisia Australia Colombia Mexico Belgium Yugoslavia Dominican Republic

Fill in the blanks with the correct event from the word bank below.

December 7, 1941 ______

______December 25, 1941

February 15, 1942 ______

______April 18, 1942

May 6, 1942 ______

______June 4-5, 1942

February 1, 1943 ______

______October 23-26, 1943

August 6, 1945 ______

______August 9, 1945

September 2, 1945 ______

Japanese begin evacuation of Guadalcanal Battle of Leyte Gulf Battle of Midway Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan ‘Doolittle’ raid against Tokyo Singapore falls to the Japanese The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan Hong Kong surrenders to Japan The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan Japan takes Corregidor Japan surrenders ©2015 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 17

Famous Quotations

Choose the correct person from the list below who said each of the quotes given. Some names may be used more than once. Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle John F. Kennedy General Douglas MacArthur Admiral Chester Nimitz General George S. Patton President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1. Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him. ______2. Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. ______3. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.______4. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ______5. God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. ______6. When asked how he became a war hero—”It was involuntary. They sank my boat.” ______7. The utter destructiveness of war now blocks out this alternative. We have lost our last chance. If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door. The problem basically is theological and involves a spiritual recrudescence… ______8. If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. ______9. I shall return. ______

©2015 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 18 10. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. ______11. Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. ______12. Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. ______13. Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won… ______

This game will help you learn about the major fronts of World War II and what was happening from December 1941 through May 1943.

Preparation: Print the cards on the following five pages. If you wish, you can laminate the pages to keep them from tearing as easily. Cut apart the cards.

The Object of the Game: The object of the game is to form sets of cards using the cards that have a month and year shown in red. (There are six cards with blue dates on them that will be explained later.) Each month and year set includes one card from the Pacific Theater of the war, one card from the North African Theater of the war, and one card from the European theater of the war. You need a set of three to get points. When you get a set of three cards, you lay the set down in front of you. The set of three cards is worth a total of three points.

There are six special cards that have dates written in blue. These cards are not part of any set. When you get a card with a blue date, you can put it down in front of you immediately. Cards with blue dates are worth five points each.

To Play: Shuffle the cards. Give each player four cards. Place the remaining cards in a stack between the players, where all players can reach it. Decide who will be first. The first player either draws a card from the remaining stack or draws a card from the hand of the player on his or her left. If the player can make a set of cards, he or she puts them down. If not, their turn is over and it is the next player’s turn. Play continues in this way until all of the cards in the stack are used. When there are no more cards in the stack, each player has to draw a card from another player. At this point, the player can draw from any other player, not just the one to his or her left. Each player continues to try to make sets until all of the sets have been formed. When the cards have all been played, the points are counted.

Winning the Game: The player who has the most points wins the game. Count three points for each set you have been able to play and five points for each card with a blue date that you have played. The player with the most points wins.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater Pacific Theater December 1941 December 1941 December 1941 January 1942 Japanese attack Malaya, Benghazi is retaken by Soviets launch a major Japanese forces begin a Guam, Hong, Kong, Wake the British. counterattack against the major assault on Bataan. Island, and the Philippine German Army that was Islands all in the same closing in on Moscow. day.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater North Africa Theater February 1942 February 1942 February 1942 January 1942 Darwin, Australia is Rommel is stopped at the A parachute operation to Rommel’s command is attacked by the Gazala line. destroy the radar station renamed the Panzer Japanese. at Bruneval, France, is Army Afrika. successful.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater European Theater March 1942 March 1942 March 1942 January 1942 Japanese invade British ship HMS Jaguar British Navy and Jean Moulin, mayor of Rangoon, Burma. attacked by the Axis and commando raid against Chartes, France, who had sunk. St. Nazaire, France is escaped to England early successful. in the war, parachuted

back into France to help the resistance.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater Pacific Theater April 1942 April 1942 April 1942 May 1942 U.S. bombs Tokyo. Fighting continues. The French resistance The Battle of The Coral attacks the German Sea takes place.

Headquarters at Arras.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater North Africa Theater June 1942 June 1942 June 1942 May 1942 U.S. defeats the Japanese Tobruk falls to Rommel A convoy of ships leaves Heavy fighting continues. at the Battle of Midway. and his Afrika Corps. Iceland, taking supplies to Russia. During the voyage, many are sunk by German U-boats or aircraft.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater European Theater July 1942 July 1942 July 1942 May 1942 Japanese forces land on The first Battle of El Anne Frank’s family goes Canadian troops begin the southern peninsula of Alamein. into hiding in Amsterdam. training for an Papua and begin to amphibious attack advance on the capital. against the Germans who occupied Dieppe, a French port.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater Pacific Theater August 1942 August 1942 August 1942 September 1942 U.S. forces land to take The Eighth Army in North Major German air raid on The Japanese bomb the Guadalcanal. Africa is now commanded Stalingrad. U.S. mainland by by British General dropping firebombs on a Bernard Montgomery. state forest in Oregon.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater North Africa Theater October 1942 October 1942 October 1942 September 1942 Vice Admiral Halsey Allies secretly confer in Germany first successfully British General becomes the new Algiers about an Allied tests the V-2 rocket. Montgomery defeats commander in the South amphibious landing to Rommel in the Battle of Pacific. fight the Axis in the North Alam Halfa. African Theater.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater European Theater November 1942 November 1942 November 1942 September 1942 Final Allied campaign in General Montgomery Germans conquer Vichy The British troop ship, the Papua New Guinea begins forces Rommel to retreat France. Laconia, is sunk by a against Japanese from El Alamein. German U-boat. positions as they try to clear the Kokoda Trail.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater Pacific Theater December 1942 December 1942 December 1942 January 1943 Air raids are made on Rommel withdraws from Polish Jews receive aid Allied forces defeat Calcutta, India, by Japan. El Agheila. from Polish Christians Japanese and take Buna from the Council for the in New Guinea.

Assistance of the Jews.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater North Africa Theater February 1943 February 1943 February 1943 January 1943 Evacuation of Japanese Rommel and his Afrika Soviets recapture Roosevelt, Churchill, and forces from Guadalcanal Corps attack the Allied Kharkov, a railroad and other Allied leaders meet begins. lines in the Kasserine industrial center in the in Casablanca, Morocco, Pass, Tunisia. Ukraine. to discuss how to bring war to an end.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater European Theater March 1943 March 1943 March 1943 January 1943 Allied planes attack a German forces begin to Germans recapture Soviet forces can receive convoy of Japanese ships withdraw from Tunisia, Kharkov, a railroad and supplies after breaking in the Battle of Bismarck Africa. industrial center in the through the German lines Sea, in the western Ukraine. that are surrounding Pacific Leningrad.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater Pacific Theater April 1943 April 1943 April 1943 December 7, 1941 U.S. Code Breakers find U.S. and British forces Beginning of the Jewish Japanese launch a the location of Admiral link up in Tunisia which uprising in the ghettos of surprise attack against Yamamoto, after which allow them to drive the Warsaw, Poland. the United States fleet he is located and shot Axis forces from Africa. stationed at Pearl Harbor, down. Hawaii.

Pacific Theater North Africa Theater European Theater European Theater May 1943 May 1943 May 1943 June 6, 1944 CENTAUR, an Australian North African Campaign Final defeat of the Jewish D-Day hospital ship is sunk by a comes to an end as citizens of the Warsaw, Allied troops land in Japanese submarine. German and Italian Poland ghettos. Normandy, France to troops surrender. fight Nazi Germany.

Pacific Theater European Theater European Theater European Theater August—September 1945 September 1940—May May 8, 1945 September 1—3, 1939 1941 V-J Day V-E Day Germany invades Poland. The Blitz When they refuse to Japan surrenders on The day the German withdraw by Sept. 3, August 14, 1945, and the Repeated bombings of armies formally 1939, Britain and France formal signing of the London and other parts of surrender. declare war on Germany. surrender takes place England by the Germans. September 2, 1945.

Word Search and Answer Key generated by www.armoredpenguin.com.

Navajo Code Talkers

1. Midway 2. Guadalcanal 3. Tarawa 4. Guam 5. Iwo Jima 6. Okinawa 7. Peleliu

Historic Definitions Matching

1. f 2. h 3. d 4. a 5. j 6. b 7. e 8. i 9. g 10. c

1. Pacific 9. European 2. European 10. Pacific 3. Pacific 11. European 4. Pacific 12. North Africa 5. North Africa 13. Pacific 6. Pacific 14. European 7. European 15. Pacific 8. North Africa

Major Leaders Timeline

Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister born November 30, 1874

Joseph Stalin, December 18,1878 leader of Russia born

General Douglas MacArthur, US general born January 26, 1880

Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 30, 1882 President of the US born

Benito Mussolini, leader of Italy born July 29, 1883

Harry S. Truman, May 8, 1884 President of the US born

General Hideki Tojo, Japanese general born December 30, 1884

Adolf Hitler, April 20, 1889 leader of Germany born

General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the French Resistance born November 22, 1890

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, November 15, 1891 German general born

Hirohito, leader of Japan born April 29, 1901

©2015 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 28 Women in World War II Women did not serve in combat during World War II. However, they did make a great contribution in the armed forces during the war. Some women served as nurses in the Army Nurse corps. This included working in hospitals that were close to the war front, such as field hospitals, hospital trains and hospital ships, and even helping on transport planes and in evacuation hospitals.

There was a branch of the armed forces that was started in 1942 called the Women’s Army Corps or WAC. Women helped in this branch of the service by serving as mechanics, working in army post offices, and working with communications. More than 150,000 women served in the WAC. A few weeks after D-Day, they even landed in Normandy.

Another area that women served in was the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots or WASPs. These women had pilot’s licenses before the war and flew military planes and cargo planes but did not serve in combat. This did allow more men to be free to fly combat missions.

Word Bank

mechanics free evacuation military Service 1942 hospitals

branch D-Day World War II contribution 150,000 combat Normandy

nurses ships licenses missions communications cargo WAC

Do the matching below to see what you know about these famous women from World War II.

___c___1. Corrie ten Boom a. Wife of the President of the United States, she worked to boost moral in the U.S. and was a strong supporter of the troops and of civil rights. ___d___2. Queen Elizabeth b. A Jewish girl who wrote diaries while in hiding from the Nazis for two years in a secret room. She was caught and died in a concentration camp. ___e___3. Sophie Scholl c. She and her family saved nearly 800 people helping Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. ___b___4. Anne Frank d. Great source of moral for the troops; when she was advised to take her children and leave London, she would not go. ___a___5. Eleanor Roosevelt e. A German woman who opposed the Nazis and the Third Reich. She protested the war and gave her life to try to stop the Nazis.

1. Warsaw

2. Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai; Oahu; No. Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959.

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt

4. Harry S. Truman

5. Neville Chamberlain

6. Winston Churchill Famous Speech Fill-In

President Roosevelt to Congress, December 11, 1941

To the Congress:

On the morning of December eleventh, the Government of Germany, pursuing its course of world conquest, declared war against the United States.

The long known and the long expected has thus taken place. The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world now are moving toward this hemisphere.

Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty, and civilization.

Delay invites greater danger. Rapid and united effort by all of the peoples of the world who are determined to remain free will insure a world victory of the forces of justice and of righteousness over the forces of savagery and of barbarism.

Italy also has declared war against the United States.

I therefore request the Congress to recognize a state of war between the United States and Germany, and between the United States and Italy. ©2015 Bonnie Rose Hudson WriteBonnieRose.com 30 European Theater Timeline

Poland is invaded by Germany; World War II begins September 1, 1939

September 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany

France signs an armistice with Germany June 22, 1940

September 7, 1940 The London Blitz begins

The Bismarck is sunk by the British Navy May 27, 1941

September 8, 1941 Siege of Leningrad begins

Battle of Stalingrad begins June 17, 1943

June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy

Battle of the Bulge begins December 16, 1944

May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders

Battles Puzzle

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Well-Known Figures Multiple Choice

1. b. Adolf Hitler 10. c. Hideki Tojo 2. a. Douglas MacArthur 11. a. Benito Mussolini 3. c. Haile Selassie I 12. c. General Charles de Gaulle 4. a. Chiang Kai-shek 13. b. Hirohito 5. b. Jacob DeShazer 14. a. Winston Churchill 6. a. Mitsuo Fuchida 15. c. Harry S. Truman 7. c. General George S. Patton 16. c. General Dwight D. Eisenhower 8. a. Joseph Stalin 17. a. Chester Nimitz 9. b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan

Hong Kong surrenders to Japan December 25, 1941

February 15, 1942 Singapore falls to the Japanese

‘Doolittle' raid against Tokyo April 18, 1942

May 6, 1942 Japan takes Corregidor

Battle of Midway June 4-5, 1942

Japanese begin evacuation of February 1, 1943 Guadalcanal

Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23-26, 1943

The first atomic bomb was dropped August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima, Japan

The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan August 9, 1945

September 2, 1945 Japan surrenders Famous Quotations 1. Charles de Gaulle 8. General George S. Patton 2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 9. General Douglas MacArthur 3. Winston Churchill 10. Winston Churchill 4. General George S. Patton 11. Admiral Chester Nimitz 5. Admiral Chester Nimitz 12. Charles de Gaulle 6. John F. Kennedy 13. General Douglas MacArthur 7. General Douglas MacArthur

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