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US2 World War 2 Test Review
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The leader of the Allied invasion at Normandy, France
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
George Patton
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Location of the Allied invasion of Europe
Calais, France
Normandy, France
Sicily, Italy
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Where the Allies first set out to defeat German forces
Italy
Sicily
Africa
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Name the Allied country that reached Berlin first
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
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This was the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe
Operation Normandy
Operation Overlord
Operation Boxcar
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This American President made decision to drop atom bomb
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
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What was the Nazi plan to eliminate Europe's Jews?
The Final Solution
The Heydrich Solution
Operation Barbarossa
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What does the term "The Holocaust" describe?
The destruction caused in the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
The entire scope of World War 2 in Europe and the Pacific
The bloody and costly battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa
The mass murder of Jews & other groups persecuted by the Nazis in WW2.
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This was the main reason for using the atomic bomb
to keep the Soviet Union out of the Pacific war
to reduce the loss of American lives in the Pacific
to avenge Pearl Harbor
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This Japanese desperation move, late in the war, was aimed at inflicting damage on the Allies
Chemical weapons
Attacks on the US mainland
Atomic weapons
Kamikaze attacks
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Name the countries that made up the Allies
US, Great Britain, Soviet Union
US & Great Britain
US, Great Britain, Italy
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Select the Axis countries
Germany, Soviet Union & Japan
Germany, Italy & Japan
Germany, Italy & Austria-Hungary
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This was the Allies' main strategy against Japan
island hopping
nuclear warfare
long-range bombing
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These cities were the targets of America's atomic bombs
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Tokyo and Osaka
Hiroshima & Tokyo
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Location of the Battle of the Bulge
Ardennes Forest, Belgium
Black Forest, Germany
Alsace Forest, France
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Where were trials for Axis leaders held?
Poland
Berlin
Nuremberg