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L9 US 2 The Battles of World War 2
L9 US 2 The Battles of World War 2
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1
He was the president of the US when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Wilson
Roosevelt
Hoover
Truman
2
Soldiers in this battle had to contend with frostbite.
D-Day
the Philippines
Stalingrad
Guadalcanal
3
Japan took this capital of the Philippines in January of 1942
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Manilla
Havana
4
What was the name of the German code that had been cracked by the British?
Wind Talker
Mystique
"Desert Fox"
Enigma
5
This was the first battle where Hitler's advances were stopped.
Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Blitzkrieg of Poland
invasion of France
6
The Japanese called it "the Island of Death".
Iwo Jima
Guadalcanal
the Big Island
Britain
7
Generals Montgomery and Rommel met each other on what battlefield?
El-Alamein
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Stalingrad
8
It was the site of the Bataan Death March.
Philippines
Iwo Jim
Guadalcanal
D-Day
9
The Luftwaffe fought the RAF in what battle?
El-Alamein
Stalingrad
Britain
Guadalcanal
10
The allies successfully fought off the Nazis in what two battles?
Britain and Guadalcanal
Pearl Harbor and Stalingrad
El-Alamein and Guadalcanal
Stalingrad and Britain
11
Hitler wanted this city "to be held at all costs" because of its insult to the Soviet leader.
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Moscow
Treblinsk
12
It was with this battle that Japanese advances in the Pacific ended.
Pearl Harbor
Stalingrad
Iwo Jima
Guadalcanal
13
This massive invasion was codenamed Operation Overlord.
Soviet invasion
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Britain
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June 6, 1944
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Stalingrad
Guadalcanal
15
99% of this city was destroyed by warfare.
Stalingrad
Paris
London
Honolulu
16
He was the president of the US when the war concluded.
Truman
Wilson
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
17
He was the US general responsible for planning the D-Day invasion.
Patton
MacArthur
Bradley
Eisenhower
18
This famous photograph was taken at what battle?
Guadalcanal
Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Bataan
19
This December 7th, 1941 event brought the US into the war.
invasion of the Soviet Union
sinking of the Lusitania
bombing of Britain
attack at Pearl Harbor
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He was Prime Minister of England during the Battle of Britain.
Chamberlain
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt