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World War II - Introduction
World War II - Introduction
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1
The US eventually entered the Asia/Pacific theatre of war when Japan bombed Pearl Habour.
False
True
2
The Axis Forces were Italy, Germany and Japan.
True
False
3
The reason Japan started invading countries close to Australia was because
They were no longer allowed to trade with the US.
Islands are easy to invade.
They loved tropical fruits and wanted to sell them to the rest of the world
They refused to give up fighting the Chinese.
4
England, America and Australia were....
All on different sides of the war.
The Allied Forces
walking into a bar one day...
Teams in the World Cup in 1938
5
England's first involvement with the war was the
Evacuation of troops from Dunkirk
London Air Raids
Liberation of Holocaust Camps
Battle of Britain
6
Australian soldiers fought the Japanese in
Singapore
Malaya
South Australia
Papua New Guinea
7
Australia's military alliance shifted from the UK to the US when....
The war spread to Asia and Australia needed help defending their country.
The UK only focused on the European and African theatres of war.
The US also wanted to defeat Japan to defend their Asian military bases.
The Australian troops got sick of eating scones and cream every meal.
8
In the beginning, Japan was only fighting with
America
Australia
Italy
China
9
One of the most famous Australian battles of the war was called
The Battle of Tobruk
The Italian Assault
The Fight for Freedom
The Libyan War
10
The US entered the war
Only because Japan provoked them.
With 50 million troops.
Two years after the other countries.
In both the European and Asia/Pacific theatres.
11
Which events happened before WW2?
The Great Depression
Hitler became the Fuhrer of Germany (dictator)
Freedom Rides
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
12
The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to
Give money to US citizens to help them recover from The Great Depression.
Prevent US soldiers from ever having to fight in another war.
Give the President unlimited power to assist other nations in war.
Rent out as many houses as they wanted to Europeans.
13
War was fought on Australian soil.
False
True
14
Great Britain lost over 300,000 fighting men and over 60,000 civilians in WW2
False
True
15
The Battle of Tobruk was held in the Pacific/Asia theatre of war.
True
False
