Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The War in the Atlantic






World War II Scavenger Hunt

THE WAR IN THE ATLANTIC


1.     The History Place: According to the German declaration of war, on what date did Germany declare war on the United States?
2.     Name is THIS man and what nation he led during WWII.

3.    Name one way in which Adolf Hitler gained support from the German people.

 
4.     Search and Define: Propaganda as shown here, which Hitler used extensively to encourage nationalism.

 
5.     Between what years did the Holocaust take place?

 
6. Name THIS famous young girl who at the age of 13, went into hiding for two years along with her family in a secret hiding space to avoid persecution (death) during the Holocaust.

7.     Based on the images, use one adjective to summarize the conditions of the Nazi concentration camps, or death camps.

 
8.     Germany successfully used this tactic to against Poland (1939), Denmark (1940), Norway (1940), Belgium (1940), the Netherlands (1940), Luxembourg (1940), Yugoslavia (1941), and Greece (1941). Germany did not defeat Great Britain, which was protected from German ground attack by the English Channel and the Royal Navy.

 
9. By 1943, Germany had occupied which Allied Power?


10. As Allied troops moved across Europe and liberated the camps, name one thing they discovered.

 

11.  What was D-Day and when did it take place?
(Be sure to scroll through the awesome images!)

 
12. What were the top 3 nations who lost the most men at the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)?

13. Why was the 5-month-long Battle of Stalingrad (from August
1942 to February of 1943) so decisive (important)?

 
14. What and when was V-E Day, which was the cause of all the celebrations, depicted in the images?

 
15. What happened to Mussolini? And to Hitler?

 


Exit Ticket: Summarize the events of the War in the Atlantic during WWII in ONE SENTENCE.

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