World War II: Turning Points

I. World War I result

1. Pre-War:
The end of World War I and the peace that followed in 1919 changed the face of
Europe and the borders of countries completely. The ________________ was one of the
most important treaties ending World War 1.
2. Austria and ___________ gave up the most land after World War 1.
3. ____________ also had to pay money to other countries for the damages that
happened during the war.

II. Hitler
1. Nazi Party
-The Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s in ________.
2. In 1933 the party's leader Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor and became known as the
______
3. Hitler promised the German people he would to take _________on the countries that had
defeated Germany in the First World War and make Germany the most powerful country in the world.
4. Adolf Hitlers rise to power
-1921- Hitler challenges _____________to become leader of the Nazi party. Hint: A person
- On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded __________and World War II had begun.

III. Alliances
1. Axis and Allied Powers
-The Allies were made up of a total of ___countries.
2. Key Nations at War
A. Allies: _______________, _________, _______________, ______________
b. Axis: ____________, ______________, ______________

IV. Americas Entry
1. Americas entry into World War II
- On the morning of__________, 1941 Japanese warplanes attacked U.S. warships at Pearl
Harbor naval base in Hawaii.
2. 2,403 died (1,177 killed on the U.S.S. Arizona)
3. U.S. declared war on Japan the next day ...Date that will live in ___________...



V. Turning points of World War II
European Theater
1. The Battle of ________________ took place from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943,
- It was known as the "__________ battle in the history of warfare"

2. D-Day (Europe)
1. General _________________commanded the operation and plans were made to land in
Normandy, west of where the German troops and artillery are built up.
2. On June 6
th
, ____ the allied forces landed in Northern France.
3. Hitler was now fighting the War on two ______.

3. The Battle for Berlin is considered to be the _____________ battle of World War II.
4. The final chapter in the destruction of Hitler's Third _____ began on April 16, 1945.
5. ________Stalin was in charge of the Soviet Union.
6. The Capital of Germany had fallen; meaning Germany had been ________.

Pacific Theater
1. As a result of__________, The U.S was fighting against the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater.
2. February-March 1945: The ________battle would take place.
3. This battle is considered one of the __________battles in the Pacific Theater.
4. On February 19, 1945, American forces invaded the tiny island of _________to secure airstrips for
American B-29 flyers.
- As many as 7,000 Americans were dead and 24,000 wounded. Almost 6,000 of those killed were
U.S. Marines.
5. The Japanese knew if Iwo Jima fell; _______was doomed, and thus fought to the death.