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1
Who was the Prime Minister of England during most of WWII?
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Joseph Stalin
2
The war in Europe ended on
May 7, 1945
, when which country surrendered?
Germany
England
Soviet Union
3
This idea offered U.S. help and finances to European countries in order to recover from WWII.
The Marshall Plan
The Manhattan Project
The Potsdam Agreement
4
WWII was the deadliest war in all of human history. How many people died?
over 100 million
about 70 million
almost 35 million
5
As Prime Minister of Japan, he was a supporter of the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy.
Osami Nagano
Isoroku Yamamoto
Hideki Tojo
6
World War II was fought between what two forces or "Powers?"
United Nations and Axis of Evil
Western and Eastern
Allied and Axis
7
The U.S. tried to remain neutral during WWII, but what united the U.S. against the Axis Powers?
Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan
German submarines sank U.S. cruise ships
Italy took American civilians hostage
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He was the Supreme Allied Command who went on to become America's 34th President.
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
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Which countries made up the Allied Powers?
U.S., England, France, Italy
Untied Kingdom, France, America
Britain, U.S., Soviet Union, France
10
When over 150K allied soldiers attacked German forces along Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.
D-Day Invasion
The Battle of Midway
Operation Overlord
11
World War II started in
1939
when Germany invaded which country?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
France
12
Winston Churchill called this month-long battle "The greatest American battle of the war."
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Berlin
13
He became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and Fuhrer in 1934 and triggered WWII in Europe.
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Benito Mussolini
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In 1945, the Allies formed this 51 nation organization to prevent WW III from ever happening.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Geneva Convention
The United Nations
15
This naval battle
June 4-7, 1942
was the turning point of the war between the U.S. and Japan.
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Midway
16
As General Secretary of the Communist Party, this leader led Russia through WWII.
Carl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
17
Japanese soldiers forced 76K captured Allied soldiers to march about 80 miles, thousands died.
The Japanese Internment Camps
The Holocaust
The Bataan Death March
18
As leader of the
Free French
, he led the French resistance movement against Germany in WWII.
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau
Francois Metreon
Charles de Gaulle
19
This Italian dictator inspired Hitler with his fascist government of a leader with total power.
Victor Emmanuel III
Emperor Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
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Which countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Austria, Hungary
Russia, Japan, China
21
The war in the Pacific ended on
September 2, 1945
which country surrendered?
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan
22
This U.S. president led the country out of the Great Depression and through most of WWII.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
23
He became president after Roosevelt died and used the atomic bomb against Japan to end the war.
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
24
What terrible event occurred during WWII in which 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis.
The Holocaust
Internment Camps
The Bataan Death March
25
Which of the following was
not
developed during WWII?
Radar
Jet aircraft
Message encryption
Atomic bomb