World War II Review

Question 1

Hitler believed Germany needed more living space to be successful, in Germany they called this

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Lebensraum

Question 2

Hitler's job during WWI was what?

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He ran messages back and forth

Question 3

The agreement that allows Hitler to keep these lands as long as he stops is called what?

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The Munich Agreement

Question 4

Once the U.S. takes command of the Pacific Ocean, we start taking islands. Such as

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Both Okinawa and Iwo Jima

Question 5

What was the date of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor

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December 7th, 1941

Question 6

With Japan refusing to surrender, the second bomb was dropped on what city?

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Nagasaki

Question 7

Which country will Germany officially invade to start WWII?

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Poland

Question 8

The tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union will create what long lasting conflict?

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The Cold War

Question 9

The operation to invade Japan was called what?

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Operation Downfall

Question 10

Germany wants to sign a treaty with Russia so that they can...

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Avoid fighting on two fronts

Question 11

Stalin used purges to do what?

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Kill anyone he thought was against him

Question 12

The last German offensive was the

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The Battle of the Bulge

Question 13

How did the Germans do this?

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They used gas chambers

Question 14

The top physicist leading this project was who?

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Oppenheimer

Question 15

Who was the leader of Russia at the start of World War II?

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Joseph Stalin

Question 16

The name for the mass killings of Jews by Germany was called what?

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The Holocaust

Question 17

The Germans used a tactic that was very successful early on in the war, it was called what?

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Blitzkrieg

Question 18

Hitler was very successful invading Russia, what stopped him in the end though?

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The Russian winter was too much for his men to handle

Question 19

Germany easily beats France, and will eventually bomb the U.K. This was called what?

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The Blitz

Question 20

What event put Mussolini into power prior to WWII?

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The March on Rome

Question 21

Unknown to most of the military was a project called what?

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The Manhattan Project

Question 22

The Battle of Midway and The Battle of the Coral Sea were big wins for the U.S. because why?

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The Japanese lost many important ships in these battles

Question 23

Next was Operation Barbarossa, this was Hitler's plan to do what?

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Invade Russia

Question 24

France and the U.K. allow Hitler to take these lands, assuming he will soon stop. We call this

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Appeasement

Question 25

After WWII, Which two countries become super powers?

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The U.S. and Soviet Union

Question 26

Hitler originally wanted to be what?

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an artist

Question 27

Who was the President of the United States throughout most of World War 2?

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Franklin Roosevelt

Question 28

Which test proved that the U.S. had succeeded in making the first atomic bomb?

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The Trinity Test

Question 29

What happened to Mussolini?

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He was killed in the streets by his own people

Question 30

Which country had Japan invaded before the war started in Europe?

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China

Question 31

The big 3 leaders that attended the Yalta Conference were Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and..?

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Stalin

Question 32

What type of government did Mussolini put into place?

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Fascist

Question 33

Who occupied Japan after WWII?

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United States

Question 34

Mussolini was the leader of which country during WWII?

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Italy

Question 35

Hitler and Mussolini begin annexing countries forcefully. Italy will take which country?

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Ethiopia

Question 36

Hitler's first attempt to take over the country after the war was called what?

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The Beer Hall Putsch

Question 37

Operation Downfall was cancelled so we could drop the atomic bombs. The first city hit was...

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Hiroshima

Question 38

The goal of the project was to create what?

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An atomic bomb

Question 39

Where does he write Mein Kampf?

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In jail

Question 40

Which conference was held to discuss the fate of Germany after the war?

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The Yalta Conference

Question 41

Which country will lose the colony of India?

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The United Kingdoms

Question 42

Which country had many of its top officials put on trial and executed for war crimes?

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Germany

Question 43

Which president allowed the military to drop the bomb?

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Truman

Question 44

The Russians Destroyed most of the German forces in the Eastern Front during what operation?

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Operation Bagration

Question 45

What causes the United States to join WWII?

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 46

Early on in the Pacific Theater, the U.S. loses a lot. One of its worst losses led to what?

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The Bataan Death March

Question 47

When he successfully rises to power, what group does he blame for Germany's problems?

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The Jews

Question 48

With Europe secured, attention turned to Japan. Our original plan was to do what?

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Prepare for a full-scale land invasion

Question 49

This was the name of the successful invasion of Normandy Beach by Allied forces.

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D-Day

Question 50

April of 1945 was an important month during the war because

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3 of the major leaders during WWII would die

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