Chapter 29 Bookwork

							                                                                     Name: ________________________________________
                               Chapter 29 Sections 2, 3 and 4 Bookwork
For each date given, list the event that took place. Answer all of the following questions in
complete sentences.

Ch. 29 Section 2: The Axis Advances
The Axis Attacks
      September 1, 1939 ________________________________________________
      April 1940 ______________________________________________________
      June 22, 1940 ___________________________________________________________
          o Why was Germany so successful in conquering lands?


      September 7, 1940 __________________________________________________________
          o What lessons might the British have learned from their experience of “the blitz”?




      June 1941 ________________________________________________
          o Which regions fell under Axis rule between 1939 and 1941?


Germany Invades the Soviet Union
      June 1941 ___________________________________________________________
          o What caused Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union to stall?




Life Under Nazi and Japanese Occupation
          o How did Hitler’s views about race lead to the murder of six million Jewish people and
              millions of Slavs, Gypsies, and others?




          o Do you think that Hitler’s “Final Solution” would have any effect on fighting in the war?
              Why or why not?
Japan Attacks the United States
      March 1941 _________________________________________________________
          o What were Japan’s goals at the break out of World War II?




      December 7, 1941 __________________________________________________
          o Why did Japanese leaders view the United States as an enemy?




          o How did Pearl Harbor change the isolationist policies of the United States?




Ch. 29 Section 3: The Allies Turn the Tide
All-Out War
      How did the Allies mobilize all of their resources for the war effort?


The Allies Forge Ahead
      1942-1943 __________________________________________________________
      June 1942 _____________________________________________________
          o What were some of the disagreements/problems between the Allied powers in 1943?




      January 1943 _________________________________________________
      July 1943 ______________________________________________________


          o How did the Allies push back the Axis powers on four fronts?
The Allies Push Toward Germany
      June 6, 1944 ______________________________________________
          o What is the significance of this event?




          o In what ways did the Allied powers work to cripple Germany?




      February 1945 ______________________________________________________
          o What agreements did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin come to at Yalta?


Ch. 29 Section 4: Victory in Europe and the Pacific
Nazis Defeated
      March 1945 __________________________________________________________
      May 7, 1945 ________________________________________________________
      May 8, 1945 ________________________________________
          o Why were the allied powers able to defeat the axis powers in Europe?




Struggle for the Pacific
      What strategy did General MacArthur use to fight the Japanese in the Pacific?


Defeat for Japan
      March 1945-July 1945 ________________________________________________________
      July 1945 ____________________________________________________
      August 6, 1945 ________________________________________________________
      August 8, 1945 ________________________________________________________
      August 9, 1945 _____________________________________________________
      September 2, 1945 ______________________________________________________________
          o What strategies did the Allies use to end the war with Japan?