Name: Date: Period:

The Major Players Information WWII Contributions

Name: Hitler’s surprise attack took
place at dawn on____________
______________________1939.
Leader of _________________. German _________, _________,
and _____________crossed the
Polish border while German
Member of the _____________. aircraft and artillery began a
merciless bombing of ________
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Name: Most known for creating a

_________________________
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Leader of _________________. after the fall of France. De
Gaulle organized the
__________________________
Member of the _____________. _______________________
that battled the Nazis until
France was liberated in 1944.

Name: Soviet_____________________
Joseph Stalin signed a ten-year
______________________with
Leader of _________________. Adolf Hitler on August 23rd,
1939. This pact divided
the_____________ territory
Member of the _____________. between Germany and the
Soviet Union.

Name: With the fall of France________

_____________________ stood
alone against the Nazis. Possibly
Leader of _________________. the most __________________
_________________ the British
had as they stood alone against
Member of the _____________. Hitler’s Germany was the
nations ____________________
__________________________
__________________________
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Lecture Terms

Blitzkrieg

Nonaggression Pact

Putting It All Together

Question #1 How did the nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union help the Axis
powers defeat neighboring nations?

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Question #2 How did the nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union hinder an Allied
response regarding Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland?

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Lecture Terms

Maginot Line

Rescue at Dunkirk:

The Battle of Britain:

Name: Date: Period:

Putting It All Together

What factors do you think a country’s leaders consider when deciding whether to surrender or fight?

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Describe how you think you would have felt to live in London during the Battle of Britain.

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What do you think is meant by the statement that Winston Churchill was possibly Britain’s most
powerful weapon against Hitler’s Germany?

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