World War II
World War II was the worst war in history and killed more people than any other war before. It lasted from 1939 to 1945 and starting out from Europe spread to nearly every part of the world
About 17 million soldiers died during six years of the war. Even more civilians, men, women and children died from bomb attacks, illnesses or starvation. Millions of Jews died in German concentration camps. The war left many other people without jobs and homes.
Many cities and industries in Europe and Asia were completely destroyed by bombs and large areas of land were devastated.
World War II - Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Causes of World War II
- The Rise of Adolf Hitler and the NSdAP
- Blitzkrieg and the Battle of Britain
- Battle of the Atlantic
- The Holocaust
- Operation Barbarossa - The German Invasion of the Soviet Union
- Attack on Pearl Harbour - America Enters the War
- D-Day - Allied Invasion of Europe
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Japan Surrenders
- Life During World War II
- End of World War II
- Key Figures of World War II
- Results and Aftermath of World War II
Additional PDF Exercises
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World War II - Answer the questions (PDF - 146 KB) - World War II - Crosswords (PDF - 109 KB)
- World War II - Crosswords - Key (PDF - 109 KB)
- Multiple Choice Exercises (PDF - 93 KB)
- Multiple Choice Exercises - Key (PDF - 113 KB)
- Wordsearch Exercises (PDF - 93 KB)
- Wordsearch Exercises - Key (PDF - 95 KB)
Online Exercises
- Multiple Choice Exercise 1
- Multiple Choice Exercise 2
- Multiple Choice Exercise 3
- Crossword Puzzle 1
- Crossword Puzzle 2
- The Holocaust - Gap Fill Exerercise
- World War II - Gap Fill Exercise
- World War II - Name Matching Exercise
- Match the Sentence Halves 1
- Match the Sentence Halves 2
- Vocabulary Matching Exercise 1
- Vocabulary Matching Exercise 2
- World War II - What Happened When - Match the Dates