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What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
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The last island that US planned to take before the invasion of Japan. It was the last and biggest WWII Pacific battle
Guam
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Phillipines
3
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Roosevelt
Stalin
Tojo
Churchill
4
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
Soviet Union
US
Great Britain
Germany
5
The German military strategy where modern technology combined with speed and force to surprise and overwhelm the enemy
None of these
Panzer
Luftwaffe
Blitzkrieg
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The leader of the USSR during WW2:
Tojo
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
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What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
US
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What was the ultimate reason that President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb?
The United States wanted to test it
The Japanese were forming an alliance with the Soviets
He estimated an invasion of Japan would cost 1 million US lives
Japan had an atomic bomb to use on the U.S.
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Why did Japan ultimately decide to attack the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor?
Japan wanted imperial control of Hawaii
Germany commanded Japan to attack the U.S.
The U.S. cut off vital natural resources to Japan
japan wanted to prove that they could compete with the U.S.
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What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Bombing of London
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Washington DC
11
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
Churchill
12
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Blitzkreig
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Fire Bombing
Island Hopping
13
At the Munich Conference, the allies appeased Hitler and gave him what?
Belgium
Austria
Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)
Poland
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The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
15
During which battle was the following photo taken?
Okinawa
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
16
What organization was founded after WW2 to promote peace?
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
League of Nations
17
What was the code name for D-day, the Allied invasion of Europe?
Operation Paperclip
Operation Watchtower
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Overlord
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What was the Holocaust?
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
All of these
The murder of the intellectually disabled, dissidents and homosexuals
Hitler's Final Solution
19
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Mussolini
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What invention helped the British to win the Battle of Britain?
Sonar
Radar
Tanks
Submarines
21
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Japan, US
22
Who did Hitler sign a peace agreement with, only to break it and invade them
Poland
France
Great Britian
Soviet Union
23
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Berlin
24
What was Hitler’s primary justification for invading Russia? (Lebensraum)
He desired revenge for the execution of Tsar Nicholas II
Germany needed more space for its population
Hitler believed that a war on two fronts would be to his advantage
Stalin was preparing to attack Germany
25
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
6 million
1.5 million
5 million
11 million
26
What happened at Dunkirk in May 1940?
France surrendered to Germany
The Allies invaded Italy
The British defeated the Nazi's in Africa
The British forces were evacuated from France
27
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
Poland
28
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, US
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
29
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Leningrad
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
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What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
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Which concentration camp was responsible for the deaths of over 1,000,000 people?
Auschwitz
Warsaw
Dachau
Treblinka
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The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Fat Man and Little Boy
Alfred and Big John
Little Man and Fat Boy
Enola Gay and Boxcar