U.S. Involvement in World War II Assignment
Instructions: Using the information from your lessons, fill in the table below. Use the ANSWER OPTIONS provided to fill in the “Goals” column of the table.
You will need to put the correct letter indicating the correct goals for each military / diplomatic action.
Next, you will need to correctly label the action as either “military” or “diplomatic.”
Finally, you will need to correctly identify if the action was successful, and how you know it was successful or not. This answer MUST be in your own words, and you must explain your reasoning.
See the example in blue.
Refer to the lessons below to help you complete this assignment.
Holocaust and V-E Day lesson
The U.S. Involvement in World War II from 1942-1944 lesson
The Atomic Bomb and V-J Day lesson
Potsdam Conference lesson
ANSWER OPTIONS - GOALS:
A
Hold the island and finish the air base the Japanese had been building.
B
Goal 1: get the Allies to agree to an invasion of western Europe in 1943.
Goal 2: get the Allies to help fight the Japanese in the Pacific.
Goal 3: agree to accept nothing but unconditional surrender from the Axis.
C
Drive the Axis out of Algeria and Tunisia, invade Sicily from Tunisia, and invade Italy from Sicily to get a foothold in Europe.
D
To decide on a plan for organizing Europe after the war, re‐establishing sovereignty for the nations overrun by the Nazis, and ridding the continent of fascism.
E
Goal 1: force Germany to move men and weapons from the Soviet front.
Goal 2: stop German war production so the Nazis would run out of weapons to fight with.
Goal 3: bomb German oil supplies
F
Shock Japan with an air raid on its capital city, Tokyo.
G
Stop the Japanese from using the islands of the Coral Sea as bases from which to attack Australia.
H
Goal 1: plan the invasion of western Europe.
Goal 2: force Stalin to accept the points of the Atlantic Charter.
I
To discuss the future of Europe after the war.
J
Come to an agreement with Britain about how the two nations would act after the war to ensure peace. The U.S. also wanted Britain to commit to war aims the U.S. could support.
K
To invade France to gain a foothold on the continent to end the war in Europe.
Goals
Was the action a Military or Diplomatic action?
Was the action successful? How do you know?
You must explain your answer!
D-Day, June 1944
K
Military
Yes, the action was successful. The allies crossed the English Channel at Normandy and freed France, and from there, they ended the war.
The Atlantic Charter,
August 1941
Doolittle Raid, April 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
Operation Torch, November 1942
The Fight for Guadalcanal, 1942-1943
The Casablanca Conference, January 1943
The Tehran Conference, November 1943
Bombing raids over Germany, February 1945
Yalta Conference, February 1945
Potsdam Conference,
July 1945
