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1
The engagement which pushed over 350,000 British back to England was the:
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
2
Hitler's Blitzkrieg tactics can also be translated as:
"Lightning-Quick"
"Stick-and-Move"
"Lightning Rod"
"Lightning-War"
3
Erwin Rommel was very successful commander under Hitler specializing in:
Wehrmacht officer
Naval warfare
Tank commander
being a Luftwaffe pilot
4
What is a "Dogfight?"
Plane-to-plane conflict especially in the Pacific
Air combat over the English channel
Tank-to-tank combat in North Africa
Showdowns between the Luftwaffe and R.A.F.
5
The Soviet city of Stalingrad marks:
All are factual
the bloodiest battle of WW2 for the Soviets
the Soviet's "Land Stand" before a German advance to Moscow
the farthest the Germans ever advanced into the U.S.S.R.
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*Anne Frank is:
a famous Dogfight pilot
Known for her diary, giving a firsthand account of the war
a girl who's famous for eluding Nazis during the Holocaust
a military officer for the S.S.
7
June 6, 1944 marks:
the Japanese surrender
V-E Day
the D-Day invasion
the Siege of Leningrad
8
The turning point of the war in the Pacific came at:
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
the Battle at Midway
9
Allied strategy to avoid war with Hitler early on was known as:
Appeasement
Alignment
Allotment
Arrangement
10
The Siegfried Line was:
Never existed during World War Two
The United States' location it would not cross at any time
Hitler's attempt to keep the Allies out of Germany
The French defenses along its border
11
As of 1928, global conflict was actually outlawed thanks to which document?
War has never been against the law
Kellogg's Plan
Kellogg-Briand Act
Briand Bill
12
What was able to defend Britain from the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain?
the Royal Air Force
the U.S. Navy
the Royal Navy
the Wermacht
13
The two cities bombed by the United Stated to end World War Two were:
Hiroshima & Tokyo
Tokyo & Hamamatsu
Nagasaki & Hiroshima
Tokyo & Nagasaki
14
Why did Erwin Rommel eventually have to surrender to British forces in North Africa?
Rommel actually defeated the British at El Alamein
Rommel was in desperate need of reinforcements
He was tired of fighting for Hitler's cause
He was greatly out-numbered
15
The "Line" meant to keep Germany out of France was the:
El Alamein
Mason-Dixon Line
Maginot Line
Siegfried Line
16
Why would Stalin be so offended by Operation Barbarossa?
He wanted a slice of the Allies' victory over Hitler
He trusted Hitler to not invade the U.S.S.R.
He wouldn't! He was in on the plan
Stalin wanted to defeat Nazi Germany without Allied help
17
The Russian city which was under siege thanks to Nazi forces for 4 years in NW Russia was?
Leningrad
Moscow
Stalingrad
Kiev
18
Lend-Lease was:
The United States' declaring neutrality through all of WW2
Britain's way of repaying the U.S. from World War One
The German understanding of paying back funds from WW2
How the U.S. helped the Allied early in World War Two
19
Prior to December 7, 1941 the United States gave all goods/supplies to the Allies
except:
Weapons
Ammunition
Troops
Food
20
Sudentenland, which was territory Hitler wanted back for Germany, surrounded which nation?
Poland
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Italy
21
What was the
Munich Conference
?
Meeting between Hitler & the Allies laying out demands
Meeting where Hitler surrendered to the Allies in Berlin
Conference between Churchill, Stalin and FDR
When the Japanese surrendered to the United States
22
We can't take Japan directly b/c of the attack on Pearl Harbor. So instead we would:
Drop two A-Bombs
Leapfrog
Hopscotch
Island-Hop
23
* The famous & evil "doctor" in charge of the Holocaust was:
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himler
Heinz Guardian
Erich von Manstein
24
After enjoying early success, the battle of El Alamein in Africa marked:
American invasion of Italy
German defeat at the hands of the British
Place where Hitler surrendered to the Allies
None of these are factual
25
December 7, 1941 marks the attack on Pearl Harbor. Also
this:
Breaking our alliance with the Japanese
Launching the United States into World War Two
None of these are correct
Hitler invading the U.S.S.R.
26
The genius behind the U.S.A.'s "Island-Hopping" campaign was actually:
George Patton
President Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
27
The R.A.F. regained air superiority over the Luftwaffe thanks to what development?
Radar
Nuclear missiles
Torpedoes
the Lend-Lease Program
28
Nazi Germany had an elite air attack. This force was called the:
Wermacht
Barbarossa
Luftwaffe
Blitzkrieg
29
What did Harry Truman "Discover" once he became President?
The Manhattan Project
Japan wanted to surrender
That Hitler was dead
That FDR was friends with Stalin
30
September 1, 1939 marks the beginning of World War Two with what event?
German invasion of Poland
German invasion of the Soviet Union
U.S. invasion of occupied France
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
