World War II Review Part 2

Approximately, how many Allied soldiers traveled across the English Channel to fight the Nazis?

Who became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945?

Who helped convince FDR to go forward with the Manhattan Project?

What international governing body was created as a result of World War II?

True or False. Mussolini is executed by Austrian nationalists in 1945.

Which of the following is one civilian technological effect of World War II?

Which area of the world did the Allies choose to focus on first in World War II?

Which decisions were made by the Big Three at the Yalta Conference in February 1945?

When was the official surrender of Japan, ending World War II?

What was the name of the plane that dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima?

What were Americans and Filipino Allies captured in the Philippines forced to take?

True or False. More than twenty Marines received the Medal of Honor for actions on Iwo Jima.

True or False. World War II helped to bring the United States out of the Great Depression.

T/F Allies used deception to divert Nazis away from where Allies intended to land in France.

What was America’s response to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

T/F U-boats were spotted off the East Coast of the United States in the fall of 1941.

Why was the Battle of Midway such a resounding success for the United States in the Pacific?

What options did Truman have concerning trying to end the war in the Pacific in 1945?

T/F The Home Front proved to be just as important as the soldiers fighting in World War II.

What did America do to Americans living in the United States who were of Japanese ancestry?

Where did the United States first engage the Nazis on land?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

Which island was the last to be invaded and captured by the Americans during World War II?

Why did Robert Oppenheimer say “I am become death the destroyer of worlds" at the Trinity test?

Did most Japanese-Americans keep their businesses and homes when sent to an internment camp?

What was Hitler and the Nazi’s last offensive attack called?

During which island hopping battle did the Marines raise the American flag over Mt. Suribachi?

True or False. Japan did not lose any planes in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

T/F Italy surrendered to the Allies then declared war on Germany before World War II was over.

True or False. The Allied invasion of France is known as V-E-Day.

True or False. Emperor Hirohito surrendered after just one atomic bomb attack on Japan.

Where did the Allies (U.S.A. and Great Britain) invade Europe first?

Approximately how many Americans were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor?

True or False. The GNP (Gross National Product) of the U.S. skyrocketed during World War II.

What type of policy did the Allies agree to in regard to the Japanese threat in the Pacific?

What was the name of the second Japanese city that was destroyed by one of our atomic bombs?

Approximately how many people died as a result of World War II?

Which of the following islands were not part of the U.S.’s Island Hopping campaign?

What else did the Americans in the Home Front do to help out the war effort?

FDR and Churchill met and signed the Atlantic Charter, which statement did they agree on?

Which country lost the most people in World War II?

Which of the beaches in Normandy were the most deadly on D-Day?

Approximately, how many Americans served in the Armed Forces during World War II?

T/F U.S. and British bombed German cities and military production centers.

T/F The Island Hopping strategy led to some of the most brutal fighting of World War I.

True or False. Hitler was captured and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Where did the U.S. troops meet the Soviet troops in Europe?

What was the approximate monetary cost of World War II in 1945 dollars?

T/F The Homefront collected war materials items to be remade into items like nylon and metal.

T/F The USA had been building tanks, planes, and ships before the attack at Pearl Harbor.

Who were the Big Three?

T/F Germany controlled the Atlantic Ocean throughout World War II with their U-boats.

When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

What did the Allied victory in Africa lead to?

When did the Allied invasion of France take place?

Approximately how many Jewish people did Hitler and the Nazis kill?

What was the Manhattan Project?

T/F All Americans living in the West Coast of the USA were afraid the Japanese would attack.

T/F America’s Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers were destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Where were the first Americans in the military attacked during World War II?