WWII IN HD
Episode #1 – “Darkness Falls”
1. September 1, 1939 = __________________________________________________
2. April 9, 1940 = ______________________________________________________
3. May 10, 1940 = ______________________________________________________
4. May 15, 1940 = ______________________________________________________
5. May 28, 1940 = ______________________________________________________
6. June 10, 1940 = ______________________________________________________
7. June 22, 1940 = ______________________________________________________
8. The only Democratic country in Europe left to fight Germany by July 1940?
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9. September 16th, 1940 = __________________________________________________
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10. Where could the men drafted by the U.S. government in 1940 serve? ____________
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11. The U.S. had the _____________largest army in the world in 1939!
12. _________ of the recruits have never fired a rifle!
13. The U.S. army is training with _____________________ in 1939
14. How many countries did Germany control by the spring of 1941? ______________
15. How many people were under Germany control by the spring of 1941? ___________
16. Where did Germany invade in the summer (June) of 1941? _____________________
17. WHY??? _____________________________________________________________
18. How many Soviet troops were captured by September, 1941? __________________
19. What had Germany “drawn up” by October, 1941? ___________________________
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20. What is signed in November of 1941? Why is it significant? ___________________
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21. December 7, 1941? ____________________________________________________
22. Number of U.S. ships destroyed or damaged at Pearl Harbor ___________________
23. Number of aircraft destroyed at Pearl Harbor? __________________________
24. Number of people killed at Pearl Harbor? __________________________
25. The five areas that Japan attacks in the Pacific in December of 1941/January 1942:
26. April, 1942 = _________________________________________________________
27. May 7, 1942 = ________________________________________________________
28. June 3, 1942 = ________________________________________________________
29. How many Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed at Midway? ________________
30. Impact of this on the Japanese navy (referencing question #4) _________________
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31. How many merchant ships heading to England or the Soviet Union with supplies
were sunk by Germany U-boats in 1942? ______________________________________
32. What island chain is Guadalcanal located in? ________________________________
33. August 7, 1942 = ______________________________________________________
34. October 23, 1942 = ____________________________________________________
35. Define: “The soft under-belly of Europe” _________________________________
36. What do the Germans want control of in North Africa? ______________________
37. Who controls it? (Referencing question #11) ______________________________