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WWII Test Review.
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Operation Valkyrie was...
Also known as the invasion of Italy
A movie with that super hot babe
Hitler's planned invasion of Britain
The attempt to assassinate Hitler
2
Death March that occurred in the Philippines after 75,000 troops surrendered to Japan
Japanese
Filipino
Bataan
Okinawa
3
__ was the military leader of Japan during WWII while __ was the emperor.
Hirohito, Tojo
Tojo, Hirohito
4
Deception was key in the D-Day invasion - where did Hitler THINK the attack would come?
Pairs of Calls
Pas de Calais
English Channel
Normandy
5
All of the following were Axis countries EXCEPT...
Italy
Narnia
Japan
Germany
6
While neutral, the US tried to aid Britain in the war effort through changing their _____
Appeasement
Neutrality Acts
Note Rally Acts
Isolationism
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'Rosie the Riveter' represented ___ on the Homefront.
Women
Elderly
Minorities
Youth
8
A decorated minority air force division with the lowest crash record in the European Theater.
Japanese Corp 422
Italian Airmen
JNavajo Code Talkers
Tuskegee Airmen
9
A state where the government has complete control over the country.
Democracy
Dictatorship
Totalitarian
Monarchy
10
Which is NOT TRUE of the D-Day invasion.
Completed at high tide
Delayed 1 day due to poor weather
Required a full moon
Completed at low tide
11
The invasion of North Africa, 1942 - 1st battles the US were involved in
Operation Your Mother
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
12
WW2 began in....
Dec. 1941
Aug. 1938
Sept. 1939
May 1945
13
The ______ Conference was Feb. 1945 when Stalin, Churchill and FDR met to plan postwar peace.
Bataan
Potsdam
Axis
Yalta
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Agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to attack each other. Hitler broke this.
Non-Aggression Pact
Appeasement Pact
Disarmament Act
Treaty of Versailles
15
Secret effort to create the atomic bomb since 1942.
Harlem Project
New Jersey Project
Oppenheimer Project
Manhattan Project
16
__ was the leader of Nazi Germany while __ was the leader of Communist Russia.
Hitler, Stalin
Mussolini, Stalin
Hitler, Churchill
Stalin, Mussolini
17
Turning point in the Pacific Theater - the US goes on the offensive!
Battle of Guam
Battle of Philippines
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
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The US allowed warring nations to buy war goods on credit; considered an economic dec. of war
Lend-Lease
Cash & Carry
Neutrality Acts
Destroyers Deal
19
Which of the following is NOT true of the Battle of Okinawa?
1/4 of the island's population died
More people killed here than in a-bombs
350 miles from Tokyo
A flag was raised here
20
Which WWII leader did NOT die before the end of the war?
Hitler
Truman
Mussolini
FDR
21
This Allied country was especially devastated at the end of WWII, with the most lives lost.
Soviet Union
France
The US
Great Britain
22
Hitler's last offensive attack- which of the following is TRUE?
Occurred in winter - white disguise!
Ardennes Forest in Belgium - it was a surprise!
Called Battle of the Bulge
Attacked the middle of the Allied line
23
Executive Order 9066 began THIS in America.
Declared War on Japan
Declared War on Germany / Italy
Est. a rationing system
Japanese Internment
24
The lives lost at Pearl Harbor (approx.)
12 million
1500
2400
200
25
Battle to seize an island 750 miles from Tokyo. Flag raised on Mt. Suribachi.
Japan
Midway
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
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Pacific fighting strategy of attacking and sieging only certain strategic Japanese-held islands
Battle of the Atlantic
Island Taking
Island Hopping
Island Conquering
27
Which countries were left as superpowers following WWII?
Russia
United States
Britain
Germany
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To control the distribution of scarce resources.
Recycle
Ration
Conserve
Homefront
29
The population at home of a nation at war.
Your Mother
War Effort
Homefront
War Bond
30
Fascist leader of Italy during WW2
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Mussolini
Benito Hitler
Winston Churchill
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All of the following were Allied country EXCEPT...
Soviet Union
Britain
Italy
US
32
This brought the US into WW2.
Pearl Harbor
The invasion of France
D-Day
Diamond Harbor
33
Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki targets for a-bombs?
Small populations
Military production cities
Where the Emperor lived
Large-ish populations
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The US allowed warring countries to buy goods if they paid in cash & used their own ships
Destroyers Deal
Isolation Acts
Lend-Lease
Cash & Carry
35
Which is TRUE of the Selective Training and Service Act (the draft)?
10 million men were drafted
1st peacetime draft
Affected men and women equally
Affected men aged 16-35
36
May 8, 1945 & September 2, 1945
Deaths of Hitler & FDR
V-E & V-J Days
Bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Beginning & end of Japanese Internment
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August 6 & August 9, 1945.
VE Day & VJ Day
Battles of Okinawa & Iwo Jima
Kamikazes first seen
Atomic Bombs were dropped
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What occurred at the Potsdam Conference?
Truman met with Churchill & Stalin
Occupation Zones were created in Germany
Truman told Stalin about testing the a-bomb
Truman gave an ultimatum to Japan to surrender "or else"
39
The leader of Britain during WWII - coined key phrases like "Keep Calm & Carry On"
Truman
Thatcher
Churchill
FDR
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Which of the following is NOT a beach attacked at D-Day?
Juno
Omaha
La Playa
Sword
41
Our new President after FDR died
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Ronald Reagan
Harry S. Truman
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Suicide planes.
Kamikaze
Blitkrieg
Kristallnacht
Hirohito
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May 8, 1945 & September 2, 1945
Atomic Bombs Dropped
When Hitler & FDR Died
Pearl Harbor & D-Day
VE & VJ Days
44
France and Great Britain agreed to declare war if Germany if Hitler invaded THIS COUNTRY.
Poland
The Sudentenland
Soviet Union
Austria
45
D-Day invasion occurred on...
Dec. 7, 1941
September 2, 1939
June 5, 1944
June 6, 1944
46
Mrs. Von Glan's favorite color is...
Purple
Green
Orange
Blue
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World peace organization est. in 1945 to prevent future wars - the US joined it!
League of Nations
United Nations
UNICEF
NATO
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The entrance of the US into WWII ended this in America.
Racism
Great Depression
The housing crisis
Civil Rights
