World War II – The Allied Powers (or just “The Allies”)
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Important Vocabulary
Appeasement - ____________________________________________________________________
Isolationism - _____________________________________________________________________
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1. Winston Churchill
2. Josef Stalin
3.Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
World War II – The Axis Powers
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7. Fascism - _________________________________________________________________________8. Anti-Semitism - ____________________________________________________________________9. Aryan Supremacy - _________________________________________________________________10. Blitzkrieg - ________________________________________________________________________
4. Adolf Hitler
5. Benito Mussolini
6. Hideki Tojo.
Germany
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Japan
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World War II – On the Home Front
World War II affected every American. Millions of soldiers went off to war to
fight the Axis Powers, but at home, everyone still had to make sacrifices and do
their part to win the war.
American involvement in World War II brought an end to ____________________.
Factories and workers were needed to produce ___________________________.
Americans at home supported the war by
_________________ and _________________
resources.
Thousands of American __________________took jobs in
defense plants during the war.
______________________________________ became
the symbol of women working in America’s factories.
______________-_______________ hoped for a "Double V." Through their work,they would help win the war and gain civil rights.
While many ____________________________
served in the armed forces, others were treated with
distrust and prejudice.
Many Japanese-Americans were forced into ________________________ camps.
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Anti-Semitism in America Appeasement Battle of StalingradConserving and Rationing Lend-Lease Act Racism in American Industry
What a Horrible War (Sung to the tune of What a Wonderful World)
World War II started when Hitler invaded ____________________,
He conquered most of Europe, Germany was rollin’,
And I think to myself, what a horrible war…
Hitler’s first defeat came at the Battle of ___________________,
Hitler bombed the Brits to bits, but their planes gave him a lickin’,
And I think to myself, what a horrible war…
The US stayed away, wanting no part of Europe’s wars,
We’d lend or ____________ them arms, but send no army to their shores,
But on December 7, 1941, Japan bombed _________________,
And isolationism was done.
The Russians were next, Hitler said he was their friend,
He invaded anyway, because he thought that he could win,
And I think to myself, what a horrible war.
But the winter was too cold, and the Russians held their ground,
At the Battle of ___________________, they turned Germany around.
And I think to myself, what a horrible war.
On ___________ the Allies landed
on the shores of Normandy,
They started marching eastward, to the heart of Germany,
And the Battle of ________________, in the war against Japan,
Turned the tide in the Pacific, and we headed toward their land.
And with Hitler finally dead, the war in Europe was done,
But Japan wouldn’t quit, so we dropped the atom bomb,
And I think to myself, what a horrible war.
Yes, I think to myself…. What a horrible war.
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