7.1.5 Total War – Compare and contrast modern warfare and its resolution with warfare in the previous eras; include analysis of the role of technology and civilians.
7.2.3 World War II – Analyze the course, major turning points and unique characteristics of the war.
The German Expansion:
Lebensraum Policy Questions: 1. What was “Lebensraum” and what did it have to do with Germany? 2. Where did Hitler want Lebensraum to happen? 3. Why did Hitler think Lebensraum was necessary? |
The Fall of France
Dunkirk Charles-de-Gaulle Charles_de_Gaulle WWII Maginot-Line How-Did-Germany-Defeat-France-So-Quickly-In-1940 Questions: 5. Explain the what the rescue at Dunkirk was 6. Why do you think Germany was able to defeat France so quickly? 7. Who was Charles de Gaulle? 8. What was the Maginot Line? |
The Battle For Britain:
Battle-of-Britain Facts About the Battle of Britain Winston-Churchill-the-Politician Total-War-Britain-During-the-Second-World-War Questions: 9. was Winston Churchill? 10. What was the London Blitz and who did it target? 11. What aspects of Total War were evident in the Battle for Britain? |
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
Operation-Barbarossa Balkan Campaign Battle-of-Stalingrad Questions: 12. Was the Germain invasion of the Soviet Union successful, why or why not? 13. What did the German conquest of the Balkans have to do with the invasion of the Soviet Union? 14. Why would the events in the Soviet Union be considered a Turning Point in WWII? |
D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge
D-Day Invasion-of-Normandy Video on Battle of the Bulge Battle-of-the-Bulge Questions 15. What was the Atlantic Wall? 16. What did Germans do to prepare for the Allied invasion of Europe? 17. What was the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army? 18. How many US troops were there in Ardennes Offensive initially and how many German troops did they have to face initially? 19. What would have happened to the invasion of Europe if the Allies (the US) had lost the Battle of the Bulge? |