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WWII WEBQUEST
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EUROPEAN THEATRE
European Theatre Battles
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1939-1942

Date

Description / Summarization

Date

Description / Summarization

Invasion of Poland

Battle of Britain

Lend-Lease Act &

Atlantic Charter

Pearl Harbor

Battle of Stalingrad

1943-1945

Operation Overlord
(D-Day)

Liberation of Paris

Battle of the Bulge

European Theatre People & Events

WWII Summary

Omar Bradley

Dwight
Eisenhower

Charles De
Gaulle

Bernard Law
Montgomery

Erwin
Rommel

George S.
Patton

D-Day Did You Know Click here

What does the D mean in D-Day?

Who was Andrew Jackson Higgans and what did he do?

How many men were involved in the D-Day landings?

Letters from the Front Click here

Read some of the letters from the soldiers. What are you reactions?

After WWII Summary

PACIFIC THEATRE
Advance of Japan Click here

When does Japan invade China? French Indochina?

Whats happening in Europe at this time?

Pacific Theatre Battles

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Date

Saipan

Battle of
Leyte Gulf

Philippines
Campaign

Iwo Jima

Okinawa

Strategic Importance

Outcome

Casualties

Pacific Theatre People

BRIEF Background Info

WWII Summary

Emperor
Hirohito

General
Douglas
MacArthur

Admiral
Chester
Nimitz

Bataan Death March

What was the Bataan

Death March?
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How were POWs
prepared for life in the
camp?
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other questions
What did POWs do to
keep their sanity while
in the camp?

Why was life horrible?

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webpage
Who was Henry Mucci?
Rescuers of Bataan
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Why was Mucci so tough

during training?

What was his unit training

to do?

Answer or Summarize the Following:

Pacific Theatre Events

Describe the Context:

Summarize her Experience:

Describe the Strategic Importance:

What was Combat Like?

Summarize Destined to Die:

What Eventually Happened to Mr.

Shimada?

Description of the Phases:

Casualty Numbers & Japanese Defense:

How were the Allies able to reach Tokyo?

What were the bombers ordered to

destroy?

Koyu Shiroma and the

Battle of Saipan

Harry George and the

Strategic Importance of
Iwo Jima

Masayuki Shimada and the

Kamikaze Attack on
Okinawa

Operation Downfall, the

U.S. Plan to Invade Japan

Firebombing of Tokyo

What was the damage?

How many Allied soldiers will be involved

in the invasion?
Invading Japan

Why was Truman concerned about

invading the Japanese home islands?