World History Name _________________________________

Mr. Q May 25, 2021

Worksheet – “Victory in Europe and the Pacific”

Directions: Fill in the blanks based on the text of the handout. This should also be a study guide
for the tests on WW2.

) By March ______, the __________ had crossed the __________ into _________ __________.
From the _______, __________ troops _________ in on ____________... All over __________,
_______ _________ began to ______________.
In ________, guerrillas __________ and executed _____________. As Soviet troops fought
their way into ___________, ___________ committed __________ in his ______________
bunker. On May 7, __________ _____________. Officially, the _____ ____ __________
_______ the next day, _____ ___, ______, which was proclaimed ___-___ ______ (Victory in
_________).

) The Allies were able to defeat the Axis powers in Europe for a number of reasons. Because of
the ___________ of ___________ and its allies, they had to _________ on _________ _______
simultaneously… By 1944, the _________ ________ was ____________ ________ ___ ______
as all of the _______ _________ __________. Meanwhile, _________ _________ __________
_________ production… With victory in _________ achieved, the __________ now had to
_________ over _________ in the __________.

) Until mid-______, the ___________ had ____ ___ uninterrupted ________ of ___________.
They ____________ much of ____________ __________ and many _________ _________...
After the battles of __________ and ________ ______, however, the _________ _________
took the offensive… Victory at ______________ marked the beginning of an “_________-
__________” campaign… In this way, ____________ _________... gradually moved north
towards ____________.

) By mid-1945, most of the ___________ _______ and ____ _______ had been ____________.
Yet the ___________ still had an _______ of _____ __________ ______... the ____________
had shown that they would ________ ____ _____ ________ rather than _______________.
Beginning in _______, some young ____________ men chose to become ____________ pilots
who undertook ___________ ___________, ___________ their explosive-laden ____________
into American ____________.
World History Name _________________________________
Mr. Q May 25, 2021

) While Allied military leaders planned for __________, ___________ offered another way to
_____ _____ _____... by splitting the ________, they could create an ____________ far more
___________ than any yet known… research, code-named the _____________ _________... the
new American ___________, Harry __________... realized that the ________ _______ was a
terrible new force for ________________. Still, after _____________ with his ___________,
and determining that it would _______ _____________ ________, he decided to _____ _____
_____ ___________ against _________.
At the time, Truman… issued a __________ to Japan to _____________ or face “__________
______________” and “________ _____________.”

) On August ___, _______, an ____________ plane dropped an __________ ______ over the
city of ______________. The bomb… instantly __________ more than ____________ people.
In the months that followed, _______ _______ would die from ___________ __________, a
deadly after effect of exposure to radioactive materials.
On August ___, _______, the ________ ________ declared war on _________... The next
day, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb, this time on the city of ______________.
More than ____________ people were killed in this second explosion.
Finally, on _________ ____, __________ __________ intervened, an action unheard of for a
____________ __________, and forced the ______________ to ____________... On September
2, 1945, the _________ ________ ________ was __________ on board the American
_____________ _____________, anchored in _________ _______.