1. In what ways was World War II a new kind of war? 2. Explain how the tactic of Blitzkrieg worked. 3. How was Germany able to invade France? 4. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in the war? 5. What was the impact of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz? 6. How did it benefi t the Allies when the US entered the war? 7. What was the signifi cance of the D-Day Landings?
8. Find out when the following events took place and put them into chronological order on a timeline in your copy: the US enters the war; Operation Barbarossa; the invasion of France; the Battle of Britain; the D-Day landings; the invasion of Poland; the Blitz; the Battle of Stalingrad.
Exploring History
1. Write a paragraph on each of the following: the invasion of Poland; the invasion of France; the Battle of Britain and the Blitz; Operation Barbarossa; the Battle of Stalingrad; the US entering the war; the D-Day landings; the life of Winston Churchill.
2. Research six facts about one of the new technologies in topic 27.1. Blitzkrieg
KEY TERMS
The Maginot Line Operation Dynamo
The Battle of Britain Dogfi ght The Blitz
Evacuation Scorched earth Operation Overlord
a tactic of surprise attack beginning with heavy bombing of an area by the German air force (Luftwaffe), followed closely by Panzer tanks and fi nally by the infantry
a series of fortifi cations along the French–German border
the Allied evacuation of about 350,000 soldiers from the beaches at Dunkirk
the campaign of aerial attacks on Britain by the Luftwaffe close combat between military aircraft
the Luftwaffe switched its focus to bombing British cities at night-time
Children were moved out of the cities to the far safer countryside
a tactic of destroying anything useful to the enemy while moving through an area (crops, roads, bridges, railways and communication lines)
the landing of over 150,000 US, British and Canadian troops in Normandy, France
Go to page 150 of your Sources and Skills Book for more exercises.
Go to page 91 of your Research Portfolio for a task based on this chapter.
