World War II Oversimplified

Question 1

Why did British troops escape from Dunkirk?

Accepted Answer

They were surrounded by German forces

Question 2

When did the German president make Hitler the Chancellor of Germany?

Accepted Answer

1933

Question 3

What was the decisive battle that shifted the Pacific War in America's favour?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Midway

Question 4

Why did Benito Mussolini move away from Italy in 1902?

Accepted Answer

He was avoiding military service

Question 5

What did Churchill call Italy after their failed attempts to take Greece and Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Europe's soft underbelly

Question 6

What was the agreement being Germany and Italy called?

Accepted Answer

Pact of Steel

Question 7

About how many people (soldiers and civilians) died as a result of World War II?

Accepted Answer

50 - 80 million

Question 8

Who was the president of USA during the second world war?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D Roosevelt

Question 9

What was the German radio code called that Alan Turing and his team cracked?

Accepted Answer

The Enigma Code

Question 10

What made the invasion of Japan so difficult and time consuming for America?

Accepted Answer

There were hundreds of islands that had to be captured first, The Japanese had a "never surrender" policy

Question 11

Where did Japan commit horrible war crimes against the Chinese?

Accepted Answer

Nanking

Question 12

Germany made it into France by invading...

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 13

Which of these things did the Germans NOT have to do after they signed the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Allow the English to rule their government

Question 14

What was the name given to the period where most countries just sat around watching each other in WWII?

Accepted Answer

The Phony War

Question 15

Which countries did Japan originally invade to gain resources?

Accepted Answer

Korea and China

Question 16

Abyssinia, whom Italy invaded, is now known as...

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 17

The invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944, is referred to as...

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 18

Where did Benito Mussolini move to in 1902?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 19

How long did Adolf Hitler spend in prison after he was arrested in 1923?

Accepted Answer

Nine months

Question 20

Which two Japanese cities were hit by atomic bombs?

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 21

Who was the first of the Axis Forces to be defeated?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 22

What was one key advantage that helped the Allies against Germany in the war?

Accepted Answer

They had better technology like radar and aircraft

Question 23

Who did Italy colonise in 1910?

Accepted Answer

Libya

Question 24

What was the main reason the German invasion of Russia failed?

Accepted Answer

The bad Russian weather

Question 25

Who was Neville Chamberlain Prime Minister of?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 26

Stalingrad is now known as...

Accepted Answer

Volgograd

Question 27

What date did German troops enter Poland?

Accepted Answer

1st September 1939

Question 28

What did Mussolini call his new political system?

Accepted Answer

Fascismo (Fascism)

Question 29

What campaigns did the British Commonwealth (including NZ) mainly support?

Accepted Answer

Italian and African

Question 30

The strategy the Germans used to invade France was called...

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg

Question 31

What was the name of the operation called when Germany turned on Russia and attacked them?

Accepted Answer

Operation Barbarossa

Question 32

What was Lebensraum German for?

Accepted Answer

Living Space

Question 33

Where did the Battle of Britain take place?

Accepted Answer

In the sky

Question 34

What did the Germans send in the thousands into France to slow the French soldiers down?

Accepted Answer

Refugees

Question 35

What people group was the Holocaust targeted against?

Accepted Answer

The Jewish People

Question 36

On December 7th, 1941, Japan made a surprise attack on the American base on...

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbour

Question 37

The term used to describe the place Jews, Gypsies and other prisoners were sent to was...

Accepted Answer

Concentration Camps

Question 38

What hairstyle did Benito opt for during his reign as a dictator?

Accepted Answer

Bald

Question 39

After failing to take Norway from Germany, the UK replaced Chamberlain with...

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

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