This activity reinforces map skills while integrating the importance of geography in a historical understanding of the major campaigns of World War II. The activity includes 8 different mapping projects covering the European and Pacific theaters of the war, and includes sample maps that students can cut out and copy to complete the projects.
Mapping the War: World War II
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(1939–1945) Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) vs. Allies (U.S., Britain, France, U.S.S.
