DIRECTIONS
READ EACH QUESTION CAREFULLY. THEN USE THE LINK OR CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. YOU MUST LIST ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS IN GOOGLE DOCUMENTS. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE IT AS WW2 WEB QUEST WITH YOUR NAME AND PERIOD. THEN SHARE IT WITH ME WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED.
European Theater – Battles
You must provide the date and a general description or summary of the event. You must conduct an internet search. Write your answers in your own words.
1939-1942 Date Description / Summary
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Britain
Lend-Lease Act & Atlantic Charter
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Stalingrad
1943-1945 Date Description / Summary
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Liberation of Paris
Battle of the Bulge
European Theatre – People & Events
Omar Bradley
WWII Summary
After WWII Summary
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles De Gaulle
Bernard Law Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
George S. Patton
D-day –
PACIFIC THEATER
Click on the the Advance of Japan – to answer the questions below:
Pacific Theater – Battles
Pacific Theater – People
Provide BRIEF Background Information on each person listed below:
Emperor Hirohito
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Bataan Death March
What was the Bataan Death March? Click here
How were POWs prepared for life in the camp?
Rescuers of Bataan
Click here to answer the questions below:
Who was Henry Mucci?
Why was Mucci so tough during training?
What was his unit training to do?
Pacific Theatre – Events Answer or Summarize the Following:
Koyu Shiroma and the Battle of Saipan
Masayuki Shimada and the Kamikaze Attack on Okinawa
Who is Shimada and what did he do?
What Eventually Happened to Mr. Shimada?
Operation Downfall, the U.S. Plan to Invade Japan
Description of the Phases:
Casualty Numbers & Japanese Defense:
Firebombing of Tokyo
How were the Allies able to reach Tokyo?
What were the bombers ordered to destroy?
What was the damage?
You must provide the date and a general description or summary of the event. You must conduct an internet search. Write your answers in your own words.
1939-1942 Date Description / Summary
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Britain
Lend-Lease Act & Atlantic Charter
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Stalingrad
1943-1945 Date Description / Summary
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Liberation of Paris
Battle of the Bulge
European Theatre – People & Events
Omar Bradley
WWII Summary
After WWII Summary
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles De Gaulle
Bernard Law Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
George S. Patton
D-day –
- 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?
PACIFIC THEATER
Click on the the Advance of Japan – to answer the questions below:
- When does Japan invade China? French Indochina?
- What’s happening in Europe at this time?
Pacific Theater – Battles
- Saipan
- Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Philippines Campaign
- Iwo Jima
- Okinawa
Pacific Theater – People
Provide BRIEF Background Information on each person listed below:
Emperor Hirohito
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Bataan Death March
What was the Bataan Death March? Click here
How were POWs prepared for life in the camp?
Rescuers of Bataan
Click here to answer the questions below:
Who was Henry Mucci?
Why was Mucci so tough during training?
What was his unit training to do?
Pacific Theatre – Events Answer or Summarize the Following:
Koyu Shiroma and the Battle of Saipan
Masayuki Shimada and the Kamikaze Attack on Okinawa
Who is Shimada and what did he do?
What Eventually Happened to Mr. Shimada?
Operation Downfall, the U.S. Plan to Invade Japan
Description of the Phases:
Casualty Numbers & Japanese Defense:
Firebombing of Tokyo
How were the Allies able to reach Tokyo?
What were the bombers ordered to destroy?
What was the damage?