World War II Test

A political movement and extreme nationalism and loyalty to an authoritarian leader is:

Following the Battle of Bataan and the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, who went on the Bataan Death March?

The United States entered World War II as a direct result of what?

When did France surrender to Germany?

What are the German troops in North Africa who became legendary for their ability to fight in hostile desert settings?

What two cities were targeted by Atomic bombs in Japan?

The Nazis practiced genocide toward Jews, and other “undesirable” peoples in Europe. What does the term “genocide” mean?

In what country was the Fascist party and government formed?

What technological development helped make the attack on Pearl Harbor possible?

Which of the following were Japanese victories?

The title of Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, in English means what?

What was the name given by Hitler to his supposed “master race”?

What was the overall reason for fighting in WWII?

All of the following were leaders of totalitarian governments in the 1930’s and 1940’s except:

When did England and France declare war on Germany?

Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II?

The Kristallnacht Order that would get rid of Jewish places of worship and business, and allowed them to be jailed:

When did the Invasion of Poland take place?

The official code name for the murder of all Jews within reach was:

Leader of the Soviet Union:

What town was American troops defending during the Battle of the Bulge at one point cut off from the Allied army?

Known as the “Spartan General”, who commanded the British forces in North Africa during World War II?

Leader of Japan:

Which of the following features did Nazi society stress to its citizens?

Where the US defeated and destroyed Japanese planes and aircrafts:

Hitler created a plan with Russia to split what country?

Phrase used by the Supreme Court to justify internment of Japanese-Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor?

When were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

What legal means did the US government use to issue the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II?

Which battle was the first ever to be fought completely in the air?

Hitler used blitzkrieg to take what territories?

Which of the following was a false promise from Hitler not to take any more land in Europe?

What was the Great Depression?

What event occured last during WWI?

What region of France was chosen for the D-Day invasion?

Probably one of the most respected German generals of the European conflict, what was Erwin Rommel’s nickname?

The Munich Conference was held to address the problem of a German threat to which nation?

Leader of Britain:

When did Germany invade the Soviet Union?

The term “blitzkrieg” was a military strategy that depended on what?

Leader of Italy:

Hitler’s main method for achieving “lebensraum” or “living space” for the German people was to do what?

Which method did German Schutxstaffel employ to deal with “undesirables” in Nazi Germany or Nazi-controlled areas?

When did D-Day take place?

Which battle was considered the turning point of the war on the eastern front?

Which country invaded Rhineland in 1936, that lead to the start of World War II?

What is the Allies’ codename for the invasion of Nazi-occupied France?

Which of the following was the leader of Japan’s dictatorial government during the 1930’s and 1940’s?

Which of the following was an older German Empire?

When did Japan surrender (V-J Day)?

In following a policy of appeasement, Britain and France were taking what controversial action(s)?

Who created the theories that lead to the atomic bomb and the creation of the US Manhattan Project?

Who was General Charles de Gaulle?

Which of these technologies for the British helped to give them an advantage in the fighting of the Battle of Britain?

Il Duce was the title of which of the following totalitarian leaders of World War II Europe?

What is the codename for the Allied invasion of North Africa?

Which country invaded China in 1938 as part of a mass campaign of territorial expansion?

The Weimar Republic was the post-World War I government of what European country?

The strategy of “island hopping” in the Pacific involved Allied attacks on what?

When did V-E Day take place?

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

The Battle of Britain forced Germany to do what to their war plans in Europe in 1942?

Poland was invaded by which two countries?

What was the intended purpose of the Maginot line?

The Axis powers’ alliance worried Roosevelt because he saw that the United States, if drawn into the war, would have to:

The Germans first successfully used the blitzkrieg tactics in an attack on what eastern European country?

Which of the following statements accurately reflects Roosevelt’s feelings toward the events in Europe prior to 1941?

Which nations came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940?

Which battle was the turning point of the Pacific theater?

As effort to avoid a second “world war”, when did the Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?

Who takes credit for and created the plan for the attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?

Series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces to prosecute important members of Nazi Germany.

When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?